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Practical application of kdd techniques to an industrial process
In the process of smelting copper mineral a large amount of sulphuric dioxide (SO2) is produced. This
compound would be highly pollutant if it was emitted to the atmosphere. By means of an acid plant it is
possible to transform it into sulphuric acid, using for this a set of chemical and physical processes. In this
way we dispose of a marketable product and, at the same time, the environment is protected. However, there
are certain situations in which the gases escape to the atmosphere, creating pollutant situations. This would
be avoidable if we exactly knew under which circumstances this problem is produced. In this paper we
present a practical application of KDD techniques to the chemical industry. By means of the obtained results
we show the viability of using automatic classifiers to improve a productive process, with an increase of the
production and a decrease of the environmental pollution