Extremum seeking control applied to a model of the Hall-Héroult aluminium process

This paper examines the potential improvement in an aluminium production process using Extremum Seeking Control, to maintain operational conditions for temperature in a desired range. The proposed strategy applied to the aluminium process is simple, requiring little knowledge of the dynamics associated with the temperature of the process. Simulation results show that the proposed strategy for this process works well, obtaining good control of temperature, with small actuator movements.