An initial model for control of a tandem hot metal strip rolling process

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-53

  Pittner, John ^a   Simaan, Marwan A ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple input multiple output control; Rolling mill control; State dependent Riccati equation (SDRE); Tandem hot metal rolling

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CHALLENGES; CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; CONTROLLER STRUCTURES; DESIGN PROCESS; HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS; HOT METAL; HOT ROLLING PROCESS; HOT-STRIP ROLLING; MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NON-LINEARITY; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS VARIABLES; ROLLING MILL CONTROL; ROLLING PROCESS; SIMULATION RESULT; STATE-DEPENDENT RICCATI EQUATION; STATE-DEPENDENT RICCATI EQUATION (SDRE); TANDEM COLD ROLLING;

COLD ROLLING; COLD ROLLING MILLS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; HOT ROLLING MILLS; METAL WORKING; METALS; MILLING MACHINES; RICCATI EQUATIONS; STRIP METAL; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS;

HOT ROLLING;

EID: 76249103024     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2036539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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