Abstract: A criterion restraining mehod adopted to the dynamic optimization for materials heat- ing process has been developed,by regarding it as controlled object of a regulator in control theory and combining the optimal criterion of it.The method may be available to optimize fuel supply along furnace length and to provide a theoretical basis for the optimization of fuel supply in time-varying.For soaking pit,the calculation shows that in case of optimization by criterion restraining method,the thermal efficiency is 3.1 higher than the modelling prediction result.In comparison with heat flux-decomposing method,the thermal efficiency increased from 43.1 to 43.8%,and the energy consumption was reduced by 7.28% relative to the practical production data.

Key words: optimization, heating, control theory, optimal criterion