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A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received: 15 November, 2017 Accepted: 21 December, 2017 Online: 08 March, 2018 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 billets reheating furnace located in an Italian steel plant. A tailored control method based on a two-layer Model Predictive Control strategy has been created that involves cooperating modules. Different types of linear models have been combined and an overall furnace global linear model has been developed and included in the controller formulation. The developed controller allows handling all furnace conditions, guaranteeing the fulfillment of the defined specifications. The reliability of the proposed approach has been tested through significant simulation scenarios. The controller has been installed on the considered real plant, replacing local standalone controllers manually conducted by plant operators. Very satisfactory field results have been achieved, both on process control and energy efficiency improvement. Optimized trade-offs between energy saving, environmental impact decreasing, product quality improvement and production maximization have been guaranteed. Consequently, Italian energy efficiency certificates have been obtained. The formulated steel industry reheating furnaces control method has been patented.

MPC-based energy efficiency improvement in a pusher type billets reheating furnace