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Synthesis of model‐based controllers for an autothermal reactor
Author(s) -
Chylla Richard W.,
Çlinar Ali
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450680419
Subject(s) - control theory (sociology) , steady state (chemistry) , controller (irrigation) , internal model , computer science , control engineering , engineering , control (management) , chemistry , artificial intelligence , agronomy , biology
Model‐based controllers for a bench scale autothermal tubular packed‐bed reactor have been formulated using the Internal Model Control (IMC) approach. The Structural Dominance Analysis technique has been used in developing the reduced‐order models. Controller performance at robust and sensitive steady states have been assessed through simulations and experiments. Both PI and model‐based controllers can regulate reactor operation at robust steady states, but only third order IMC controllers are able to regulate reactor operation at the sensitive steady state.