A refuse incineration plant is a complex process, whose multi-variable
control problems cannot be solved conventionally by deriving an exact
mathematical model of the process. A solution based on advanced fuzzy
logic technologies within a suitable development methodology is demon
strated by a controller implemented for the refuse incineration plant
in Hamburg-Stapelfeld, Germany. Incineration plants are individual con
structions. To' adapt the controller for other plants, a method for au
tomated adaptation of the controller is designed.