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RESUME : Le convertissage par methode Pierce-Smith (PS) est l'etape cle de la production de cuivre et du nickel. Cette operation se poursuit par des etapes sequentielles et presentent un cas ideal pour la programmation mathematique. Ce travail demontre les complexites thermochimiques et les etapes du convertissage au moyen d'un programme lineaire (PL) en nombres entiers mixtes. Ceci est la premiere fois que le convertissage PS est aborde dans un cadre de programmation mathematique et represente un avancement majeur de l'application de la recherche operationnelle aux etapes de production des fonderies de cuivre et de nickel. Les resultats demontrent que le cadre mathematique est fonctionnel, et peut etre utilise quotidiennement pour la gestion optimale des sequences d'operation de l'elaboration de cuivre et de nickel. Le cadre est flexible quant a la definition des contraintes du systeme et de la fonction objective. Cette flexibilite evoque la formulation de divers modes d'operation des fonderies. Le cadre pourra etre exploite en forme de logiciel industriel que les fonderies pourraient utiliser pour coordonner la production journaliere, et de varier leur mode d'operation selon les conditions de l'usine et du marche. Le cadre a ete formule suivant une methodologie qui est typique de la programmation mathematique, mais qui n'avait jamais ete adaptee au convertissage PS. Premierement, le probleme se pose en forme generale. En effet, Le probleme de convertissage consiste de la coordination des convertisseurs PS avec d'autres operations dans la fonderie afin de maximiser la production durant une periode fixe, tout en respectant les contraintes chimiques, volumetriques et thermiques. Deuxiemement, les diverses composantes et dimensions du systeme sont representees par des structures algebriques generales; c'est-a-dire, des ensembles, des parametres et des variables. Troisiemement, ces composantes sont liees de telle maniere a ce que la formulation puisse etre supportee par des techniques de resolution. Les techniques de resolution par la programmation lineaire (PL) en nombres entiers mixtes sont bien etablies. Par contre, il a ete necessaire d'introduire des simplifications pour pouvoir resoudre le probleme des convertissages par l'adoption d'un cadre hypothetique de PL en nombres entiers mixtes. En considerant la vaste gamme de problemes qui ont ete deja abordees dans ce type de cadre, il semblait raisonnable que le convertissage PS necessiterait seulement des simplifications mineures. En fait, le nouveau cadre mathematique exige certaines simplifications. En particulier, il impose une rigidite artificielle sur deux temperatures variables : la temperature nominale d'effluent gazeux, et la temperature d'ecremage de la scorie. Ces simplifications peuvent etre considerees mineures, puisqu'il existe des logiciels qui ne traitent meme pas ces quantites comme variables. En outre, il semble maintenant plausible de formuler un cadre non lineaire qui fournirait un traitement plus robuste et realiste qui tient compte de ces temperatures. Les resultats de cette etude ont un attrait considerable pour les industries de cuivre et de nickel, puisque l'operation efficace d'une fonderie depend directement de la coordination quotidienne de la production. Suivant les succes du travail actuel, des efforts superficiels provoqueront des changements majeurs dans les operations journalieres des fonderies de cuivre et de nickel.----------ABSTRACT : Peirce-Smith (PS) converting is central to the production of copper and nickel, and is a lucrative, yet previously undeveloped, context for mathematical programming. The thermochemical complexities of PS converting have now been represented within a mixed-integer linear program (MILP). This is the first time that PS converting has been treated within a mathematical programming framework, hence a major advancement in the operations research of copper and nickel smelters. The MILP framework is now functional, and can be used to construct optimal daily production schedules. The framework offers flexibility in the definition of system constraints and objective functions. This flexibility can accommodate the formulation of alternative modes of operation for smelters. The MILP framework can now be marketed as industrial software, to produce optimal daily schedules, and allow smelters to change their mode of operation in accordance to plant and market conditions. The framework has been created using a methodology that is typical of mathematical programming, but which had never been adapted to Peirce-Smith converting. Firstly, the problem has been posed in appropriately general terms; indeed, the PS Converter Problem is to coordinate Peirce-Smith converters with other objects in the smelter, so as to maximize production within a fixed period of time, while respecting chemical, volumetric and thermal constraints. Secondly, the various components and dimensions of the system have been represented using general algebraic structures, such as sets, parameters and variables. Thirdly, these components have been related to each other in a manner that can be supported by solution techniques. The solution techniques for MILP are well established. However, it was initially unclear what degree of simplification would be required in order to fit the PS Converter Problem into a hypothetical MILP framework. Given the vast scope of problems that have already been treated using MILP, it seemed plausible that the PS Converter Problem would require only minor simplifications. The new MILP framework has indeed required some simplification. More precisely, the framework imposes an artificial rigidity on two classes of temperature variables: nominal offgas temperatures, and skimming temperatures. These simplifications can be considered minor, since there are existing software tools that do not even treat these quantities as variables. Moreover, it now seems plausible to extend the current formulation into a nonlinear framework that would provide a more intensive and realistic treatment of the offgas and skimming temperatures. The results of this study have a considerable appeal to the copper and nickel industries, since the efficient operation of a smelter is directly linked to its scheduling practice. Following the successes of the current work, superficial efforts will cause major changes in the daily operations of copper and nickel smelters.
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| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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