Level control of cascade coupled flotation tanks

• At the Boliden's concentrator in Aitik, bulk flotation constitutes an important part of the process for extracting valuable minerals from the ore. A series of flotation cells consists of five tanks connected in cascade with control valves between the tanks and a slowly varying flow of mineral slurry into the first tank. This paper deals with a comparative study of control strategies for level control in a flotation series in Aitik. The aim is to show the potential performance improvements taking into account couplings between the process state variables. Two control strategies are considered; a decoupling controller and a linear quadratic (LQ) optimal multivariable controller. Experiments with both structures show a significant enhancement of the level control performance as compared to the original SISO design

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Reglerteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Control Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Control Engineering

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