Projects

In our research, our long-term partners include Foster Wheeler Energia and StoraEnso.

Our on-going research projects include:

• Combination of concentrated solar power with circulating fluidized bed power plants (COMBO-CFB) [Tekes 2014-2016]
  In cooperation with VTT and Foster-Wheeler Energia.
• CFB control design for OTU boilers integrated with process design [GSCE 2013-2016]
  In cooperation with Foster-Wheeler Energia.
• Dynamic simulation and control of a new type of a boiler [GETA 2010-2015] Oxy
  In cooperation with Foster-Wheeler Energia.
• Dynamic modeling and control of circulating fluidized bed combustion process [2011-]
  In cooperation with Foster-Wheeler Energia.
• Properties of raw material in control of continuous cooking (MiHa II) [2013-2014]
  In cooperation with StoraEnso.
• Optimization of pump scheduling using dynamic probablistic methods (OPUS) [Academy of Finland 2011-2014] OPUS
  In cooperation with HDS (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
• District Heating Network Optimization (DINO) [2013-2014]
  In cooperation with Kemin Energia.
• Control and state estimation of uncertain and nonlinear processes (FICO and GDT)
  In cooperation with ENSIACET/Toulouse.
• Engineering Pedagogics[SYTE]
  As a part of the Dept development work.

Selected past projects:  

• Continuous digester runability (MiHa) [EffFibre/Tekes 2010-2012]
• Novel methods for control of biomass (NOCOBI) [Academy of Finland 2009 - 2012]
• Mittaavan käynnissäpidon kehittämishanke 3 (KUPI 3) [EAKR 2009-2012].
• Neutrality in evolutionary optimization (PhD 2007-2009)
• Embedded control and monitoring systems in production machine networks (EMPRONET) [Academy of Finland 2005-2008]
• Diagnostics of continous cooking [Academy of Finland 2003-2006]
• Modeling and control of nonlinear processes: linear dynamics and non-parametric methods [Academy of Finland 2000-2005]