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• TITLE: A Feedforward Controller to Regulate the Chemical Composition of Molten Steel in a Continuous Casting Tundish

  AUTHORS: Miguel A. Barron, Dulce Yolotzin, Isaias Hilerio

  KEYWORDS: Chemical Composition; Continuous Casting; Distributed Parameter System; Feedforward Controller; Molten Steel; Tundish

  JOURNAL NAME: Intelligent Control and Automation, Vol.4 No.3, August 7, 2013

  ABSTRACT: A feedforward controller for the automatic regulation of chemical composition of molten steel in the tundish of a continuous casting machine is proposed in this work. The flow of molten steel inside the tundish is modeled as a distributed parameter system, and the resulting partial differential equation is transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations by means of the finite differences technique. From the above set and using a proper boundary condition, a feedforward control law is synthesized. No experimental tests are reported, however, the dynamic performance of the controller is illustrated by means of numerical simulations.