An
automatic control method,
system, equipment, and medium for a series refiner unit are disclosed, relating to the field of
automatic control. The method includes the following steps: acquiring pulp demand information; configuring the operating mode of the series refiner unit based on the pulp demand information; determining the operating parameters of the pulping process based on the refiner unit's operating mode and acquiring time-of-use
electricity price information, the operating parameters including at least the
energy consumption per unit time of the pulper and the
energy consumption per unit time of the refiner unit; establishing an
operating energy consumption model for the pulping process based on the operating parameters and time-of-use
electricity price information; optimizing the
operating energy consumption model to minimize
energy consumption; and planning the start-up and shutdown states of the series refiner unit and pulper in subsequent
operating time units of the pulping process based on the optimization results. By adopting the technical solution provided in this application, the equipment involved in the pulping process can be better controlled, thereby utilizing the time-of-use
electricity pricing
system to reduce the
total energy cost of the pulping process.