In the world's competitive industrial market, the development of existing manufacturing
equipment's such as industrial reheating furnaces (IRFs) increases profitability in terms of …

In recent years, there has been a significant focus on energy management on a worldwide
scale, with particular attention given to the development of waste heat recovery (WHR) …

The aim of a massive reduction of CO 2-emissions results in a move away from fossil fuels.
In the hot strip production of steel, almost exclusively gas-fired furnaces are currently used …

The heating furnace is a sizeable energy-consuming device in iron and steel industry. In
compact strip production (CSP), the size of the heating furnace is large, and the working …

Reheating furnaces are used to homogeneously reheat the steel stock (Billets, blooms or
slabs) at a temperature between 1000° C and 1250° C before hot rolling. Supply of accurate …

The iron and steel industry, responsible for 8% of global energy use, faces challenges in
achieving low-carbon development. Reheating furnaces consume 67% of the energy in …

This paper proposes an Advanced Process Control framework aimed at energy efficiency
achievement and improvement in process industries. Model Predictive Control is the …

The research reported in this paper proposes an Advanced Process Control system,
denoted “i. Process| Steel–RHF”, oriented to energy efficiency improvement in a pusher type …

This paper proposes a two-layer Model Predictive Control strategy based on linear models,
where the horizons are online adapted. The developed horizons online adaptation law is …

Using a meshless method, a simulation of steel billets in a pusher-type reheating furnace is
carried out for the first time. The simulation represents an affordable way to replace the …