a particle swarm approach for optimization of secondary cooling process in slab continuous casting：板坯连铸二次冷却过程优化的粒子群算法.pdf

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 93 (2016) 250–256 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer journal homepage: www.else /loc ate/ijhmt A particle swarm approach for optimization of secondary cooling process in slab continuous casting Xudong Wang a,⇑, Zhaofeng Wang b, Yu Liu a, Fengming Du a, Man Yao a, Xiaobing Zhang c a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China b College of Information Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou City 12101, China c Chief Engineer Office, Jiangsu Shagang Group, Zhangjiagang 21562, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Secondary cooling control is the key factor for stabilizing and enhancing slab quality in continuous cast- Received 7 April 2015 ing. In view of practical importance of critical boundary conditions in offline or online simulation and Received in revised form 11 October 2015 control during continuous casting process, accurate estimation for heat transfer coefficient of secondary Accepted 12 October 2015 cooling zone is of utmost significance. To optimize the cooling process and temperature behavior of continuous casting slab, a novel method was presented to predict the heat transfer behavior in secondary cooling process. This approach applies the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm in conjunction Keywords: