One-step optimal control of a continuous solution polymerization reactor

Author

Ogunye, Ayode B. ; Penlidis, Alexander

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

13-15 Dec 1995

Firstpage

2496

Abstract

This paper describes the application of minimum variance and one-step optimal controllers to the control of conversion in a solution polymerization reactor. The objective is the servo control of polymer conversion. A new saturation and controller windup algorithm proposed in Ogunye (1994) was implemented for the set-point tracking control policies. The improvement in closed-loop performance using this saturation algorithm over that obtained when the input saturates (open-loop response) was demonstrated at the simulation level

Keywords

chemical technology; closed loop systems; optimal control; process control; servomechanisms; tracking; closed-loop performance; continuous solution polymerization reactor; controller windup algorithm; minimum variance control; one-step optimal control; polymer conversion; servo control; set-point tracking control policies; Environmental economics; Equations; Feeds; Inductors; Open loop systems; Optimal control; Polymers; Process control; Solvents; Temperature control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control, 1995., Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

ISSN

0191-2216

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2685-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDC.1995.478466

Filename

478466