Nonlinear model predictive control of a run-of-mine ore milling circuit

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 17, Issue 1 PART 1, 2008, Pages

  Coetzee, Lodewicus Charl ^a   Kerrigan, Eric C ^a   Craig, Ian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Advanced process control; Process optimisation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESS; MILLING CIRCUITS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NONLINEAR MPC; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; SIMULATION STUDIES;

INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MILLING (MACHINING); MINING; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 79961019445     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.2587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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