The design of system for operative planning of blast furnace production process

Abstract

A system for operative planning of blast furnace production process is described in the paper. The suggested system is based on the use of a new hierarchy of operative plans, consisting of one-month plan, (7+3) days plan, and 24-hour plan. The system allows smoothing of production process at the blast furnace plant, and at the same time satisfies all requirements of the steel plant regarding to the amount of pig iron.

Keywords

• operative plan
• plan hierarchy
• short-term plan
• blast furnace
• steel plant
• capacity smoothing
• flexible link