Novel model for estimation of liquid levels in the blast furnace hearth

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3423-3432

  Brännbacka, Johnny ^a   Saxén, Henrik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blast furnace hearth; Dead man floating; Kalman filter; Liquid levels; Tap cycle

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERING; MATERIALS BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; SLAGS;

GAS PRESSURE; HEARTH GEOMETRY;

BLAST FURNACE PRACTICE;

BLAST FURNACE;

EID: 3242790054     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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