A prototype of a system for batch scheduling in the process of gel washing in Cinkarna

Customer	Cinkarna Chemical works
Duration	2003
Objectives	To ensure uniform production and the required capacity of the two-stage gel-washing process.
Description	Determination of the starting times for individual batches by taking into account the current process states, technological constraints and required capacity.
Innovation	An online batch-scheduling algorithm for predicting the appropriate starting time for a single new batch, which takes into account the shared resources, blocking and no-wait constraints of the two-stage gel-washing process.
Benefits	more uniform production more stable product quality decision support for the process operators
Info	vladimir.jovan@ijs.si

Department of Systems and Control