Data-Driven Optimal Control for Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Process

Abstract

Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) is a dynamic industrial process involving complex physical and chemical reactions. Due to the uncertain municipal solid waste (MSW) composition and dynamic operation conditions, it is difficult to guarantee optimal operation for the MSWI process. To solve this problem, a data-driven optimal control scheme is proposed with a hierarchical control structure. In the set points optimization stage, an online adaptive fuzzy neural network (OAFNN) is designed to construct the objective functions, including combustion efficiency and NOx emission concentration. An adaptive mutation particle swarm optimization (AMPSO) algorithm is developed to obtain the optimal set points of oxygen content in flue gas. In the control stage, a double long short-term memory neural networks-based model predictive control (DLSTM-MPC) strategy is exploited. A self-organizing long short-term memory (SOLSTM) network is employed to predict the oxygen content in flue gas with a compact structure. To reduce the influences from dynamic disturbances and further improve the tracking control performance, another long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network is established to correct the prediction results. Finally, the set points optimization method and DLSTM-MPC strategy are combined to realize the optimal operation of the MSWI process. The effectiveness of the proposed optimal control scheme is verified by real industrial data. The experimental results demonstrate that the optimal control scheme can achieve promising tracking control performance of oxygen content in flue gas and improve the operational performance of the MSWI process.