Modern computer systems for controlling chemical-technological processes make it possible to programmatically implement complex control algorithms, including using machine learning methods and elements of artificial intelligence. Such algorithms can be applied, among other things, to complex non-stationary multi-product and flexible discrete productions, which include such low-tonnage chemical processes as the production of polymeric materials. The article discusses the production of fluoroplastic in batch reactors. This process occurs under constantly changing parameters such as pressure and temperature. One of the important tasks of the control system is to stabilize the quality of the produced polymer, and for these purposes it is important to predict this quality during the production process before the release of fluoroplastic. The quality of the product, in turn, strongly depends on both the quality of the initial reagents and the actions of the operator. In non-stationary process conditions, typical virtual quality analyzers based on regression dependencies show poor results and are not applicable. The article proposes the architecture of a virtual quality analyzer based on mathematical forecasting methods using such algorithms as: random forest method, gradient boosting, etc.

Keywords: polymerization, multi-product manufacturing, low-tonnage chemistry, quality forecasting, machine learning