GLASS MANUFACTURING: MODELING AND CONTROL OF A GAS HEARTH

摘要

This paper describes a methodology for modeling and the design of optimal control laws for a Gas Hearth. A Gas Hearth is used in glass manufacturing to temper glass parts that are assembled as door windows in today's automobiles. The modeling methodology is based on input-output data and exploits a polynomial neural network architecture. The control objective is achieved via a hierarchical fuzzy logic based approach. The utility of these tools may potentially lead to improved Gas Hearth performance.