Control and optimization for a petrochemical reactor

Author

Popescu, Dan ; Petrescu, Camelia ; Dimon, Catalin ; Boangiu, Mihai

Author_Institution

Fac. of Automati Control & Comput., Politeh. Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2013

fDate

26-27 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

19

Abstract

The main objective of this work is the design and implementation a numerical control solution for the ethylene reactor, the key-installation in the petrochemical industry. We introduce some technological characteristics of this petrochemical process and the main aspects about the control system solution for the process plant. A robust control strategy for numerical control systems are proposed. Finally, we found an optimal operating point, considering that the process has a nonlinear multivariable structure. The results have been implemented on an assembly of pyrolysis reactors on the petrochemical platform from Pitesti, Romania.

Keywords

chemical reactors; control system synthesis; multivariable control systems; nonlinear control systems; numerical control; optimisation; petrochemicals; pyrolysis; robust control; control system solution; ethylene reactor; key-installation; nonlinear multivariable structure; numerical control solution; numerical control systems; optimal operating point; optimization; petrochemical industry; petrochemical platform; petrochemical process; petrochemical reactor; process plant; pyrolysis reactors; robust control strategy; technological characteristics; Inductors; Petrochemicals; Process control; Robustness; Sensitivity; Temperature control; control system design; ethylene pyrolysis; optimization; robust control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems and Computer Science (ICSCS), 2013 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Villeneuve d´Ascq

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2020-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IcConSCS.2013.6632016

Filename

6632016