Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control

Coal gasification is a crucial unit of coal chemical production process. Coal and oxygen are used as the main reaction raw materials in the coal gasification process and the crude syngas is generated by chemical reaction under high temperature and high pressure. Compared with the petrochemical indus...

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Main Authors: Tianchen ZHANG, Zhong ZHAO
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Published: Editorial Office of Journal of China Coal Society 2023-04-01
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Online Access:http://www.mtxb.com.cn/article/doi/10.13225/j.cnki.jccs.2022.0549
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description Coal gasification is a crucial unit of coal chemical production process. Coal and oxygen are used as the main reaction raw materials in the coal gasification process and the crude syngas is generated by chemical reaction under high temperature and high pressure. Compared with the petrochemical industry, it is more difficult to implement advanced process control (APC) in the coal gasification industrial process because of the time varying disturbance of coal quality. The time varying disturbance may lead to the mismatch of the APC model that could cause some large fluctuations of key process indices (oxygen coal ratio and gasifier temperature). In view of above problems, based on the actual production of coal-water slurry gasifier, a dynamic matrix control method based on multiple models switching is proposed in this paper. The off-line process data under different coal quality conditions are used to construct a multiple working model set for on-line dynamic matrix controller. The intergral squared error-total squared variation (ISE-TSV) is used as the controller performance index to monitor the controller performance and model mismatch and the multiple model prediction value is used as the model switching criterion. The advanced control of the coal gasification unit is realized through the multiple models switching dynamic matrix control. According to the proposed method, a multiple model switching control software Wisdom-Controller has been developed. The Wisdom-Controller has been tested on the UniSim simulation platform and applied to the real industrial gasifier. The simulation and industrial application results have verified that the proposed method can accurately control the change of oxygen-coal ratio and gasifier temperature under the condition of fluctuating coal quality conditions. Compared with the traditional manual operation, the mean square control deviation of oxygen-coal ratio and the gasifier temperature have been reduced obviously with the proposed advanced process control method based on multiple models switching. Also, the specific coal consumption has been reduced, the synthetic gas output has been increased and the economic benefit of the unit has been significantly improved. The industrial application results have verified that the proposed method provides a new and effective way to realize the advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process.
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spelling doaj.art-b791d68cd3084f7788694149104914862023-06-28T08:10:19ZzhoEditorial Office of Journal of China Coal SocietyMeitan xuebao0253-99932023-04-014841747175810.13225/j.cnki.jccs.2022.05492022-0549Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching controlTianchen ZHANG0Zhong ZHAO1College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, ChinaCoal gasification is a crucial unit of coal chemical production process. Coal and oxygen are used as the main reaction raw materials in the coal gasification process and the crude syngas is generated by chemical reaction under high temperature and high pressure. Compared with the petrochemical industry, it is more difficult to implement advanced process control (APC) in the coal gasification industrial process because of the time varying disturbance of coal quality. The time varying disturbance may lead to the mismatch of the APC model that could cause some large fluctuations of key process indices (oxygen coal ratio and gasifier temperature). In view of above problems, based on the actual production of coal-water slurry gasifier, a dynamic matrix control method based on multiple models switching is proposed in this paper. The off-line process data under different coal quality conditions are used to construct a multiple working model set for on-line dynamic matrix controller. The intergral squared error-total squared variation (ISE-TSV) is used as the controller performance index to monitor the controller performance and model mismatch and the multiple model prediction value is used as the model switching criterion. The advanced control of the coal gasification unit is realized through the multiple models switching dynamic matrix control. According to the proposed method, a multiple model switching control software Wisdom-Controller has been developed. The Wisdom-Controller has been tested on the UniSim simulation platform and applied to the real industrial gasifier. The simulation and industrial application results have verified that the proposed method can accurately control the change of oxygen-coal ratio and gasifier temperature under the condition of fluctuating coal quality conditions. Compared with the traditional manual operation, the mean square control deviation of oxygen-coal ratio and the gasifier temperature have been reduced obviously with the proposed advanced process control method based on multiple models switching. Also, the specific coal consumption has been reduced, the synthetic gas output has been increased and the economic benefit of the unit has been significantly improved. The industrial application results have verified that the proposed method provides a new and effective way to realize the advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process.http://www.mtxb.com.cn/article/doi/10.13225/j.cnki.jccs.2022.0549coal gasificationworking condition changemultiple models switchingdynamic matrix controladvanced process control
spellingShingle Tianchen ZHANG
Zhong ZHAO
Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control
Meitan xuebao
coal gasification
working condition change
multiple models switching
dynamic matrix control
advanced process control
title Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control
title_full Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control
title_fullStr Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control
title_full_unstemmed Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control
title_short Advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control
title_sort advanced process control of coal gasification industrial process based on multiple models switching control
topic coal gasification
working condition change
multiple models switching
dynamic matrix control
advanced process control
url http://www.mtxb.com.cn/article/doi/10.13225/j.cnki.jccs.2022.0549
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