A Grey-Box Model for Spray Drying Plants

Lars Norbert Petersen, Niels Kjølstad Poulsen, Hans Henrik Niemann, Christer Utzen, John Bagterp Jørgensen

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Abstract

Multi-stage spray drying is an important and widely used unit operation in the production of food powders. In this paper we develop and present a dynamic model of the complete drying process in a multi-stage spray dryer. The dryer is divided into three stages: The spray stage and two fluid bed stages. Each stage is assumed ideally mixed and described by mass- and energy balances. The model is able to predict the temperature, the residual moisture and the particle size in each stage. Process constraints are also proposed to predict deposits due to stickiness of the powder. The model predictions are compared to datasets gathered at GEA Process Engineering’s test facility. The identified grey-box model parameters are identified from data and the resulting model fits the data well. The complexity of the model has been selected such that it is suitable for development of real-time optimization algorithms in an economic optimizing MPC framework.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems
PublisherElsevier
Publication date2013
Pages559-564
Article numberFrM2T2.3
ISBN (Print)9781629937267
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems - Mumbai, India
Duration: 18 Dec 201320 Dec 2013
Conference number: 10

Conference

Conference10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems
Number10
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityMumbai
Period18/12/201320/12/2013

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