Department of Systems and Control

Cinkarna Chemical works

2004-2006

to reduce the oscillations of steam consumption in the raw material preparation process

scheduling of batches for 24 hours in advance by taking into account the number of batches produced, their average duration, and the steam consumption profile of each batch

design of an algorithm that schedules batches in such a way to minimise oscillations of steam consumption and thereby considering all the constraints

decision support for the operators of a raw material preparation process, smaller investment in comparison with the implementation of a steam accumulator, reducing demands for the steam boiler and reducing the excess steam emission

darko.vrecko@ijs.si