System, device, and method for oven temperature control in tortilla and tortilla chip production

A method for heat control of an oven system, comprising:

• a) defining a heat model, wherein the heat model is defined for at least one oven level of the oven system;
• and
• b) calculating an estimated heat demand, wherein a heat control unit calculates the estimated heat demand to adjust the at least one oven level to a predetermined temperature set point, by using the heat model;
• wherein the oven system comprises:
• the at least one oven level, comprising:
• an oven belt, which is configured to transport food products that are positioned on the oven belt;
• and
• at least one gas burner, which is configured to bake the food products that are transported on the oven belt;
• and
• the heat control unit, which is configured to control the at least one gas burner, in order to control a baking temperature of the at least one oven level, wherein the heat control unit is configured to calculate the estimated heat demand to adjust to the predetermined temperature set point, using the heat model of the at least one oven level, wherein the heat control unit further comprises:
• a processor;
• a non-transitory memory;
• an input/output component;
• a heat modeler, which is configured to store the heat model for the at least one oven level;
• a heat manager, which is configured to calculate the estimated heat demand to adjust the at least one oven level to the temperature set point;
• and
• a feedback controller, which is configured to execute a control loop feedback algorithm to calculate an optimized heat demand based on the estimated heat demand;
• wherein the heat model further comprises a heat capacity, a general heat loss, a product heat loss, and a heat required to hold a current temperature;
• wherein the heat manager calculates the estimated heat demand as the sum of the general heat loss, the product heat loss, and the heat required to change a current temperature.