Development of a simulator to calculate an optimal slab heating pattern for reheat furnaces

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 42-53

  Ezure, Hisashi ^a   Seki, Yoshiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Naoki ^a   Shinonaga, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Furnace control; Hot strip mill; Optimization; Slab heating pattern

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FURNACES; HEATING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; STRIP MILLS;

FURNACE COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEM; HOT STRIP MILLS; REHEAT FURNACES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0031200492     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6416(199708)120:3<42::aid-eej5>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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