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DRYING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 4-5, Pages 813-828Publisher
MARCEL DEKKER INC
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-120003760
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adaptive control; inert particles; paste drying; predictive control; moisture control
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A spouted bed is used to dry many and different materials ranging from granules to pastes and suspensions. This work presents an implementation and tests of an advanced control strategy on a spouted bed dryer. Water was used as the ideal paste for tests. An adaptive control algorithm GPC (Generalized Predictive Control) was implemented. A microcomputer was used to maintain humidity and temperature set points of air in the dryer by manipulating electric power of heat exchanger and paste feed flow rate. Instrumentation was set-up with different sensors, interface and final control elements for operation. Stability and performance analysis of the control strategy was accomplished. A robust stable controller was obtained which had also encouraged us to extend the investigation of this control strategy to the drying of other pastes.
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