Forecasting Model of Silicon Content in Molten Iron Using Wavelet Decomposition and Artificial Neural Networks

Autor: Ana P. Miranda Diniz, Klaus Fabian Côco, Flávio S. Vitorino Gomes, José L. Félix Salles
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 11, Iss 7, p 1001 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 11071001
2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met11071001
Popis: Silicon content forecasting models have been requested by the operational team to anticipate necessary actions during the blast furnace operation when producing molten iron, to control the quality of the product and reduce costs. This paper proposed a new algorithm to perform the silicon content time series up to 8 h ahead, immediately after the molten iron chemical analysis is delivered by the laboratory. Due to the delay of the laboratory when delivering the silicon content measurement, the proposed algorithm considers a minimum useful forecasting horizon of 3 h ahead. In a first step, it decomposes the silicon content time series into different subseries using the Maximal Overlap Discrete Wavelet Packet Transform (MODWPT). Next, all subseries forecasts were determined through Nonlinear Autoregressive (NAR) networks, and finally, these forecasts were summed to furnish the long-term forecast of silicon content. Using data from a real industry, we showed that the prediction error was within an acceptable range according to the blast furnace technical team.
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