Optimal Control of Induction Heating Processes

Optimal Control of Induction Heating Processes
Author: Edgar Rapoport
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2006-07-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 142001949X

This book introduces new approaches to solving optimal control problems in induction heating process applications. Optimal Control of Induction Heating Processes demonstrates how to apply and use new optimization techniques for different types of induction heating installations. Focusing on practical methods for solving real engineering o

Modeling, Design, and Simulation of Systems with Uncertainties

Modeling, Design, and Simulation of Systems with Uncertainties
Author: Andreas Rauh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011-06-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642159567

To describe the true behavior of most real-world systems with sufficient accuracy, engineers have to overcome difficulties arising from their lack of knowledge about certain parts of a process or from the impossibility of characterizing it with absolute certainty. Depending on the application at hand, uncertainties in modeling and measurements can be represented in different ways. For example, bounded uncertainties can be described by intervals, affine forms or general polynomial enclosures such as Taylor models, whereas stochastic uncertainties can be characterized in the form of a distribution described, for example, by the mean value, the standard deviation and higher-order moments. The goal of this Special Volume on Modeling, Design, and Simulation of Systems with Uncertainties is to cover modern methods for dealing with the challenges presented by imprecise or unavailable information. All contributions tackle the topic from the point of view of control, state and parameter estimation, optimization and simulation. Thematically, this volume can be divided into two parts. In the first we present works highlighting the theoretic background and current research on algorithmic approaches in the field of uncertainty handling, together with their reliable software implementation. The second part is concerned with real-life application scenarios from various areas including but not limited to mechatronics, robotics, and biomedical engineering.

Handbook of Induction Heating

Handbook of Induction Heating
Author: Valery Rudnev
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351643762

The second edition of the Handbook of Induction Heating reflects the number of substantial advances that have taken place over the last decade in theory, computer modeling, semi-conductor power supplies, and process technology of induction heating and induction heat treating. This edition continues to be a synthesis of information, discoveries, and technical insights that have been accumulated at Inductoheat Inc. With an emphasis on design and implementation, the newest edition of this seminal guide provides numerous case studies, ready-to-use tables, diagrams, rules-of-thumb, simplified formulas, and graphs for working professionals and students.

Advances in Automation

Advances in Automation
Author: Andrey A. Radionov
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1222
Release: 2020-02-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030392252

This book reports on innovative research and developments in automation.The chapters spans a wide range of disciplines, including communication engineering, power engineering, control engineering, instrumentation,signal processing and cybersecurity. Emphasis is given to methods and findings aimed at fostering better control and monitoring of industrial and manufacturing processes, and improving safety. Based on the International Russian Automation Conference, held in September 8-14, 2019, in Sochi,Russia, the book provides academics and professionals with a timely overview and extensive information on the state of the art in the field of automation and control systems, and is expected to foster new idea, as well as collaboration between different groups in different countries.

Handbook of Induction Heating

Handbook of Induction Heating
Author: Valery Rudnev
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 750
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1466553979

The second edition of the Handbook of Induction Heating reflects the number of substantial advances that have taken place over the last decade in theory, computer modeling, semi-conductor power supplies, and process technology of induction heating and induction heat treating. This edition continues to be a synthesis of information, discoveries, and technical insights that have been accumulated at Inductoheat Inc. With an emphasis on design and implementation, the newest edition of this seminal guide provides numerous case studies, ready-to-use tables, diagrams, rules-of-thumb, simplified formulas, and graphs for working professionals and students.

Proceedings of 2013 Chinese Intelligent Automation Conference

Proceedings of 2013 Chinese Intelligent Automation Conference
Author: Zengqi Sun
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 840
Release: 2013-07-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642384609

Proceedings of the 2013 Chinese Intelligent Automation Conference presents selected research papers from the CIAC’13, held in Yangzhou, China. The topics include e.g. adaptive control, fuzzy control, neural network based control, knowledge based control, hybrid intelligent control, learning control, evolutionary mechanism based control, multi-sensor integration, failure diagnosis, and reconfigurable control. Engineers and researchers from academia, industry, and government can gain an inside view of new solutions combining ideas from multiple disciplines in the field of intelligent automation. Zengqi Sun and Zhidong Deng are professors at the Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, China.

Adaptive Control Strategies for the Production of Thermo-Mechanically Tailored Products

Adaptive Control Strategies for the Production of Thermo-Mechanically Tailored Products
Author: Clobes, Jörg
Publisher: kassel university press GmbH
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Adaptive control systems
ISBN: 3862197360

Within the rapidly growing field of hot sheet metal forming and metal bulk forming the demand arises for fully three-dimensionally tailored properties at the microstructural level, nevertheless, reaching a predefined geometry with such tailored properties puts high requirements on the control mechanisms utilized in the process chain for combined heating, metal forming, and cooling processes. Therefore, the underlying control architecture needs to be freely configurable with respect to a predefined database being extendible to new geometries, microstructural distributions, and materials. The combined control of locally and temporally differential thermo-mechanical effects during the process flow needs to be based on an adaptive algorithm adjusting the process flow in real-time according to predefined parameters delivered by the aforementioned material, geometry, and microstructure property database. The interplay between measurement techniques and adaptive control processes for hot metal forming of functionally graded materials is to be investigated in order to achieve the predefined fully three-dimensional microstructure in complex geometries and optimize the process cycle time in a freely configurable control architecture being customizable to new requirements and materials, resulting in a precision manufacturing process. The emphasis within the given thesis will be on adaptive control strategies embedded within a flexible control architecture for an innovative thermo-mechanical production process embracing induction heating to predefined spatial and temporal temperature distributions, transfer, and combined metal forming as well as heat extraction processes. The flexible control architecture assures an invariant quality for the highly dynamic processes and, moreover, yields extendibility to new materials, geometries, and microstructural distributions.

Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling Steels

Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling Steels
Author: Cemil Hakan Gur
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2008-12-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420003585

An Emerging Tool for Pioneering Engineers Co-published by the International Federation of Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering.Thermal processing is a highly precise science that does not easily lend itself to improvements through modeling, as the computations required to attain an accurate prediction of the microstructure and properties of work

Mathematical Models for Eddy Currents and Magnetostatics

Mathematical Models for Eddy Currents and Magnetostatics
Author: Rachid Touzani
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9400702027

This monograph addresses fundamental aspects of mathematical modeling and numerical solution methods of electromagnetic problems involving low frequencies, i.e. magnetostatic and eddy current problems which are rarely presented in the applied mathematics literature. In the first part, the authors introduce the mathematical models in a realistic context in view of their use for industrial applications. Several geometric configurations of electric conductors leading to different mathematical models are carefully derived and analyzed, and numerical methods for the solution of the obtained problems are given. Related issues such as convergence of the approximations and error estimates are discussed. The second part of the monograph presents various coupled problems that involve eddy current or magnetostatic problems, in particular magneto-hydrodynamic problems and magnetic shaping problems concerning the melt flow of electrically conducting metals, induction heating processes, inductively coupled plasmas and ferromagnetic screening modeling. The presentation of each model comes with numerical illustration from industrial applications.

Thermal Energy

Thermal Energy
Author: Yatish T. Shah
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 854
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1315305941

The book details sources of thermal energy, methods of capture, and applications. It describes the basics of thermal energy, including measuring thermal energy, laws of thermodynamics that govern its use and transformation, modes of thermal energy, conventional processes, devices and materials, and the methods by which it is transferred. It covers 8 sources of thermal energy: combustion, fusion (solar) fission (nuclear), geothermal, microwave, plasma, waste heat, and thermal energy storage. In each case, the methods of production and capture and its uses are described in detail. It also discusses novel processes and devices used to improve transfer and transformation processes.