Function value-based multi-objective optimisation of reheating furnace operations using Hooke-Jeeves algorithm

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2018-09-03

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Bo Gao, Chunsheng Wang, Yukun Hu, et al., Function value-based multi-objective optimisation of reheating furnace operations using Hooke-Jeeves algorithm. Energies, 2018, Volume 11, Issue 9, Article number 2324

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Improved thermal efficiency in energy-intensive metal-reheating furnaces has attracted much attention recently in efforts to reduce both fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions. Thermal efficiency of these furnaces has improved in recent years (through the installation of regenerative or recuperative burners), and improved refractory insulation. However, further improvements can still be achieved through setting up reference values for the optimal set-point temperatures of the furnaces. Having a reasonable expression of objective function is of particular importance in such optimisation. This paper presents a function value-based multi-objective optimisation where the objective functions, which address such concerns as discharge temperature, temperature uniformity, and specific fuel consumption, are dependent on each other. Hooke-Jeeves direct search algorithm (HJDSA) was used to minimise the objective functions under a series of production rates. The optimised set-point temperatures were further used to construct an artificial neural network (ANN) of set-point temperature in each control zone. The constructed artificial neural networks have the potential to be incorporated into a more advanced control solution to update the set-point temperatures when the reheating furnace encounters a production rate change. The results suggest that the optimised set-point temperatures can highly improve heating accuracy, which is less than 1 °C from the desired discharge temperature.

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reheating furnace, zone model, multi-objective optimisation, Hooke-Jeeves algorithm, artificial neural network

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