Method and apparatus for managing paper-making process using digital twin

An electronic device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory configured to store instructions executable by the one or more processors,
• wherein, when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the electronic device to:
• generate a digital twin of a paper-making process synchronized with information of the paper-making process, which comprises steam amount information of a dryer of the paper-making process and recovered heat amount information of a waste heat recovery system of the paper-making process;
• determine first settings of a digital twin of the dryer based on first paper-making information comprising information of a type and a basis weight of first paper to be produced by the paper-making process;
• estimate a first steam amount sequence by inputting the first settings and current steam amount information of the dryer, which is synchronized with the digital twin of the dryer, to a steam amount estimation artificial intelligence (AI) model;
• and
• estimate a first recovered heat amount by inputting the first steam amount sequence and current recovered heat amount information of the waste heat recovery system, which is synchronized with a digital twin of the waste heat recovery system, to a recovered heat amount estimation AI model.