EAGER PROPOSAL: An Exploratory and Radically Different Approach for Control of a Tandem Hot Metal Strip Rolling Process for Product Quality Improvement.

热切的提案：一种探索性的、完全不同的方法，用于控制串联热金属带材轧制工艺，以提高产品质量。

• 批准号: 0951843
• 负责人: Marwan Simaan
• 金额: $ 12.4万
• 依托单位: The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0951843&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; PROPOSAL; Exploratory; Radically; Different

The objective of this award is to perform exploratory research into a radically different control mechanism for the tandem rolling of hot strip in a metal finishing process. This process is a highly significant part in the overall manufacturing of metals such as steel or aluminum. For example, in the case of steel almost one half of the finished product made in the world is rolled on a tandem hot strip finishing mill. The successful completion of this research will ultimately lead to a major improvement in the quality and yield of the final product of this process. The approach toward this research includes the development and verification of a mathematical model of the process, the exploratory research leading to the discovery of a novel method of nonlinear control for this process, and the evaluation of the extent of improvement in the quality and yield that will be realized in the process output. The results of this effort will be an improvement in the overall hot metal strip manufacturing process. The improvement in quality and yield of the final product of tandem hot metal rolling that results from the successful completion of this research will produce major cost savings, and thus will be a significant step toward the revitalization of a vital domestic industry. A broader impact generated by these cost savings will be the incentives for the construction of new plants and the upgrade of existing facilities to counter the pressure from fierce international competition. The variety of skills required will provide an expansion of employment opportunities which will have a very positive impact on societal infrastructure. Another broader impact will be addressed by presentations at university seminars to reach graduate and undergraduate students whose employment in the metals industry will help relieve a crucial shortage of talented engineers in this area.

该奖项的目的是对金属精整过程中热带钢连轧的完全不同的控制机制进行探索性研究。这一过程是钢铁或铝等金属整体制造中非常重要的一部分。例如，在钢的情况下，世界上制造的成品的几乎一半是在热连轧带钢精轧机上轧制的。这项研究的成功完成将最终导致该工艺最终产品的质量和产量的重大改进。本研究的方法包括开发和验证的过程的数学模型，探索性的研究，导致发现一种新的方法的非线性控制这个过程中，和评价的程度，将实现在过程输出的质量和产量的改善。这一努力的结果将是整个热金属带材制造工艺的改进。 通过本研究的成功完成，提高了热连轧的成品率和质量，节约了大量的成本，是振兴国内重要产业的重要一步。这些成本节约产生的更广泛影响将是鼓励建造新工厂和升级现有设施，以应对激烈的国际竞争压力。所需的各种技能将扩大就业机会，这将对社会基础设施产生非常积极的影响。另一个更广泛的影响将通过在大学研讨会上进行演讲来解决，以接触研究生和本科生，他们在金属行业的就业将有助于缓解该领域才华横溢的工程师的严重短缺。