Refining process control device and refining process control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12595523-B2
Application number	US-202118024156-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2021
Priority date	Sep 1, 2020
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A refining process control device includes: a past similar performance extraction unit configured to extract, from the refining performance database, a performance value of a past refining process in which a refining condition being a refining process condition acquired before the start of the refining process and including a result of an immediately preceding refining process in the refining facility, is similar to a refining process condition as a calculation target and the evaluation value is high; and an operation amount determination unit configured to determine an initial operation amount at the start of a refining process based on the performance value of the past refining process extracted by the past similar performance extraction unit, and determine an operation amount based on a change amount of the initial operation amount after the start of the refining process.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A refining process control device comprising:
a model calculation unit configured to acquire, as input information, a performance value of a refining process condition in a refining facility, a measurement result of a temperature and a component concentration of a molten metal in the refining facility, measurement results related to a refining facility, including a flow rate of an exhaust gas discharged from the refining facility and a component concentration in the exhaust gas, and a result of an immediately preceding refining process in the refining facility, and calculates a reaction amount and a state amount in the refining facility during the refining process using the acquired input information; a refining process evaluation calculation unit configured to calculate, using a weighted sum over at least one deviation of an actual molten metal component from a target molten metal component, an evaluation value of the refining process using the input information acquired by the model calculation unit or past input information, wherein the actual molten metal component includes a plurality of elemental components including C, Si, Mn and P; a refining performance database configured to store the input information acquired by the model calculation unit, the reaction amount and the state amount calculated by the model calculation unit, and the evaluation value calculated by the refining process evaluation calculation unit; a past similar performance extraction unit configured to extract, from the refining performance database, a performance value of a past refining process in which a refining condition being a refining process condition acquired before the start of the refining process and including a result of an immediately preceding refining process in the refining facility, is similar to a refining process condition as a calculation target and the evaluation value is the lowest or a plurality of top performances; and an operation amount determination unit configured to
determine an initial operation amount at the start of a refining process based on the performance value of the past refining process extracted by the past similar performance extraction unit, and
determine an operation amount based on a change amount of the initial operation amount after the start of the refining process.

2 . The refining process control device according to claim 1 , wherein the result of the immediately preceding refining process in the refining facility includes:
a molten metal temperature after the immediately preceding refining process; a refining process result including a molten metal component and a slag component; an elapsed time from the end of the immediately preceding refining process to the start of the target refining process; and information regarding a process performed during the elapsed time.

3 . The refining process control device according to claim 1 , wherein the input information includes information related to a state of the refining facility, the information related to the state of the refining facility comprising at least the number of times of use of the refining facility.

4 . The refining process control device according to claim 1 , wherein the refining process evaluation calculation unit is configured to calculate the evaluation value based on a cost of a sub-raw material charged during the refining process, a difference between a performance value and a target value of a temperature and a component concentration of the molten metal after the refining process, and an index representing refining process efficiency.

5 . The refining process control device according to claim 1 , wherein the past similar performance extraction unit is configured to calculate a distance between a vector representing features of the refining process condition and the refining process performance acquired before starting the refining process and a vector representing features of the refining process condition and the refining process performance as a calculation target, and extracts a performance value of a past refining process close in distance.

6 . The refining process control device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation amount determination unit is configured to
determine an initial operation amount based on a past refining process result including a molten metal temperature change amount and a molten metal component change amount and a past operation amount performance, which have been extracted by the past similar performance extraction unit, and determine the operation amount, after start of the refining process, by changing the operation amount to follow transition of a reaction amount and a state amount during the refining process in the past refining performance extracted by the past similar performance extraction unit.

7 . A refining process control method comprising:
a model calculation step of acquiring, as input information, a performance value of a refining process condition in a refining facility, a measurement result of a temperature and a component concentration of a molten metal in the refining facility, measurement results related to a refining facility, including a flow rate of an exhaust gas discharged from the refining facility and a component concentration in the exhaust gas, and a result of an immediately preceding refining process in the refining facility, and calculating a reaction amount and a state amount in the refining facility during the refining process using the acquired input information; a refining process evaluation calculation step of calculating, using a weighted sum over at least one deviation of an actual molten metal component from a target molten metal component, an evaluation value of the refining process using the input information acquired by the model calculation step or past input information, wherein the actual molten metal component includes a plurality of elemental components including C, Si, Mn and P; a storing step of storing, into a refining performance database, the input information acquired by the model calculation step, the reaction amount and the state amount calculated by the model calculation step, and the evaluation value calculated by the refining process evaluation calculation step; a past similar performance extraction step of extracting, from the refining performance database, a performance value of a past refining process in which a refining condition being a refining process condition acquired before the start of the refining process and including a result of an immediately preceding refining process in the refining facility, is similar to a refining process condition as a calculation target and the evaluation value is-high the lowest or a plurality of top performances; and an operation amount determination step of
determining an initial operation amount at the start of a refining process based on the performance value of the past refining process extracted by the past similar performance extraction step, and
determining an operation amount based on a change amount of the initial operation amount after the start of the refining process.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Kase Hiroto
• Amano Shota
• Takahashi Yukio
• Tomiyama Shinji

Classifications

• C21C2300/08

  Particular sequence of the process steps · CPC title

• C21C2300/06

  Modeling of the process, e.g. for control purposes; CII · CPC title

• C21C5/4673

  Measuring and sampling devices · CPC title

• Y02P10/25

  Process efficiency · CPC title

• C21C7/076 Primary

  Use of slags or fluxes as treating agents (C21C7/06, C21C7/064, C21C7/068 take precedence) · CPC title