Computational Intelligence Technologies In The Design Of Hierarchical Control Architecture Of Glass Melting Furnaces

This paper overviews the benefit of advanced model based control strategies considering the increased emphasis placed on the operation of industrial glass melting furnaces in a safe and profitable way, while improving the glass quality and preserving a clean environment without equipment degradation. This study explains the potential applications of model based expert systems such as supervisory control applicable to fault diagnosis, thermal and emission efficiencies and operator training. There is a review of methodologies used for the integration of the computational intelligence and conventional mathematical modelling technologies in the design of hierarchical control architecture of glass melting furnaces.