Intelligent alarm handling in the steel manufacturing industry. Final report

B. Jönsson et al.

This project was carried out for the “Jernkontoret”, the Swedish Steel Producers’ Association. The aim of the project was to investigate the applicability of various intelligent alarm handling methods in addressing energy related condition-monitoring issues within the steel manufacturing industry.

During the course of the project two real time applications and a postproduction tool have been implemented. These applications give steel producers the ability to detect drift in analyser measurements, validate critical process measurements, and detect abnormal process behaviour and estimate waste gas emission. These capabilities offer improved control of quality and the environment and optimised energy consumption.

The technology exploited in this project can be used in many areas of the steel production industry and there are many opportunities for future work. Real-time application of the technology is foreseen to continue from strength to strength.