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Dynamic modelling and control of a paper machine headbox Tuladhar, Anil
Abstract
Many paper mills have replaced their paper machine airpad headboxes with high speed hydraulic headboxes to increase production rate and also to improve the operational stability. However high speed hydraulic headboxes can contribute to higher Machine Direction (MD) basis weight variation. The wider bandwidth of the headbox may allow pulsations generated in the approach system to pass through it and to influence the jet velocity. This thesis is devoted to the analysis of one of such case where the replacement has resulted higher MD basis weight variation. There could be several reasons for the MD basis weight variation. The most likely sources are hydrodynamic pressure pulsations generated in the approach system and hydrodynamic disturbances produced within the headbox. A comprehensive study of the approach system has been carried out by recording pressure data from the major pieces of wet end equipment simultaneously. The thesis explains the experiments in detail highlighting the features of the sensors and data acquisition system. To study the possible generation of pulsations within the headbox^ and also to analyze the effectiveness of the headbox in suppressing pulsations from the approach system, a theoretical nonlinear dynamic model representing a typical Sym-Flo headbox has been derived. The headbox is a multivariable system, and so a multivariable Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) controller has been used to control the level and the total head optimally. As there are constraints that should be imposed on the inputs and outputs, LQG has drawbacks, therefore a Model Predictive Controller (MPC) is investigated to accommodate input/output constraints. The resulting controllers are simulated for various situations and results are included in the thesis. The headbox model includes the slice hp opening as one of its manipulated variables and so it is possible to simulate grade change events. From the simulation results it is quite clear that the grade change can be achieved smoothly using a multivariate controller. The decoupling effect and marked reduction in interaction among the variables are achieved through multivariate control and are illustrated through various simulations.
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Dynamic modelling and control of a paper machine headbox
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University of British Columbia
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1995
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Many paper mills have replaced their paper machine airpad headboxes with high speed hydraulic
headboxes to increase production rate and also to improve the operational stability. However
high speed hydraulic headboxes can contribute to higher Machine Direction (MD) basis weight
variation. The wider bandwidth of the headbox may allow pulsations generated in the approach
system to pass through it and to influence the jet velocity. This thesis is devoted to the analysis
of one of such case where the replacement has resulted higher MD basis weight variation.
There could be several reasons for the MD basis weight variation. The most likely sources
are hydrodynamic pressure pulsations generated in the approach system and hydrodynamic
disturbances produced within the headbox. A comprehensive study of the approach system
has been carried out by recording pressure data from the major pieces of wet end equipment
simultaneously. The thesis explains the experiments in detail highlighting the features of the
sensors and data acquisition system.
To study the possible generation of pulsations within the headbox^ and also to analyze the
effectiveness of the headbox in suppressing pulsations from the approach system, a theoretical
nonlinear dynamic model representing a typical Sym-Flo headbox has been derived. The
headbox is a multivariable system, and so a multivariable Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG)
controller has been used to control the level and the total head optimally. As there are constraints
that should be imposed on the inputs and outputs, LQG has drawbacks, therefore a
Model Predictive Controller (MPC) is investigated to accommodate input/output constraints.
The resulting controllers are simulated for various situations and results are included in the
thesis.
The headbox model includes the slice hp opening as one of its manipulated variables and so it
is possible to simulate grade change events. From the simulation results it is quite clear that the grade change can be achieved smoothly using a multivariate controller. The decoupling effect
and marked reduction in interaction among the variables are achieved through multivariate
control and are illustrated through various simulations.
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eng
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2009-02-10
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0065140
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University of British Columbia
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1996-05
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Graduate
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