The aim of the work is to increase the productivity of the iron ore concentrate dehydration process. In the course of previous research, an automated system with individual control of each vacuum filter technological parameters was developed. In this paper, it is proposed to supplement this system of an extreme step regulator hybrid intelligent control unit. A structural and functional scheme and an algorithm for the functioning of the control system have also been developed. The implementation of the developed control system will improve the productivity of the vacuum filter, reduce the wear of the actuators, reduce the specific consumption of energy resources used, and save the financial resources of the enterprise. The proposed control system can be adapted for a large class of technological units of a similar principle of operation used in various industries.
Keywords: iron ore concentrate dehydration, disk vacuum filter, artificial neural network, fuzzy neural network, automated control system, individual regulation, extreme regulator, vacuum, pulp density, vacuum filter productivity sludge moisture