• DocumentCode
    489413
  • Title

    Control of an Industrial pH Process using the Strong Acid Equivalent

  • Author

    Wright, Raymond A. ; Kravaris, Costas ; Camp, David T. ; Wassick, John M.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; The Dow Chemical Company, 1400 Building, Midland, MI 48667
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    24-26 June 1992
  • Firstpage
    620
  • Lastpage
    624
  • Abstract
    The control of pH is widely recognized as a difficult problem. The Strong Acid Equivalent approach for control of pH processes consists of defining an alternate equivalent control objective, the Strong Acid Equivalent, and using a linear control law in terms of this new control objective. The Strong Acid Equivalent is calculated on line from pH measurements given a nominal titration curve of the inlet stream. Deadtime compensation is achieved in the complete control structure through use of a Deadtime Window. This approach has been implemented on an industrial pH process with unknown chemical composition.
  • Keywords
    Attenuation; Chemical processes; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Performance evaluation; Process control; Proportional control; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 1992
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0210-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4792142