Intelligent Manufacturing of Batteries

Abstract

We describe in this chapter, different hybrid intelligent approaches for controlling non-linear dynamical systems in manufacturing applications. The hybrid approaches combine soft computing techniques and mathematical models to achieve the goal of controlling the manufacturing process to follow a desired production plan. We have developed several hybrid architectures that combine fuzzy logic, neural networks, and genetic algorithms, to compare the performance of each of these combinations and decide on the best one for our purpose. We consider the case of controlling non-linear electrochemical processes to test our hybrid approach for control. Electrochemical processes, like the ones used in battery formation, are very complex and for this reason very difficult to control. We have achieved very good results using fuzzy logic for control, neural networks for modeling the process, and genetic algorithms for tuning the hybrid intelligent system.