Abstract:
The main requirements for large industrial enterprises are to increase the energy efficiency of
technological processes and improve the environmental friendliness of production. One of the possible
solutions to these problems is modeling the main processes occurring in installations and creating an
automated control system based on mathematical models. The industrial process for the silicon carbide
production is considered. Increase of the process efficiency occurs due to the creation of more advanced
operating modes of resistance furnaces based on information obtained during mathematical modeling about
the processes that have the greatest impact on melting. Based on the mathematical model, it is possible to
build an automated melting process control system, which, based on temperature data at various points in
the resistance furnace, will support the most effective silicon carbide melting modes. The mathematical
model takes into account the main processes occurring in a resistance furnace during melting, namely:
chemical reactions, gas component filtration, the material drying, and energy release attributable to the
resistance furnace heater. The technological process mathematical model for the silicon carbide production
has been improved. Theoretical foundations for constructing an automated production process control
system based on temperature data at the furnace various points were proposed. The current state of the issue
of industrial silicon carbide production is presented in the paper. The mathematical model of heat and mass
transfer processes in a high-temperature resistance furnace is considered using the example of the
technological process of silicon carbide production SiC. The performance of the developed mathematical
model was verified by comparing the experiments performed and numerical calculations. The use of an
automated control system based on an improved mathematical model is possible at industrial enterprises
engaged in the production of fine materials, for example, silicon carbide. The reliability of the results
obtained is confirmed by a comparison of experimental data and data obtained using mathematical
modeling at the most important points (at the core surface and at the periphery) without taking into account
the heating and cooling stages of the resistance furnace. The discrepancy between the data at a point close
to the core was a maximum of 15
Keywords:silicon carbide, mathematical model, control system