Kiln thermal and combustion control

US7047089B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pavilion Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gregory D. Martin · Georgetown, US
• Eugene Boe · Austin, US
• Stephen Piche · Austin, US
• James D. Keeler · Austin, US
• Douglas Timmer · Austin, US
• Mark Gerules · Cedar Park, US
• John P. Havener · Leander, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2004
• Grant date: May 16, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B17/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling a non-linear mill. A linear controller is provided having a linear gain k that is operable to receive inputs representing measured variables of the plant and predict on an output of the linear controller predicted control values for manipulatible variables that control the plant. A non-linear model of the plant is provided for storing a representation of the plant over a trained region of the operating input space and having a steady-state gain K associated therewith. The gain k of the linear model is adjusted with the gain K of the non-linear model in accordance with a predetermined relationship as the measured variables change the operating region of the input space at which the linear controller is predicting the values for the manipulatible variables. The predicted manipulatible variables are then output after the step of adjusting the gain k.