Title :
Economic control of methane reforming
Author :
Sartipizadeh, Hossein ; Vincent, Tyrone L. ; Kee, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
We present a control system for a catalytic fuel reformer that optimizes economic performance. The control strategy is based on moving horizon estimation (MHE) and model predictive control (MPC). Particular features of the control strategy is the estimation of the energy content of the outlet gas mixture without direct measurements of outlet composition, the use of a metric for coking susceptibility as a constraint on the inlet gas composition, a cost based metric for evaluating decisions on controller commands, and the ability to meet constraints on reactor temperature and outlet gas energy content.
Keywords :
catalysis; chemical reactors; predictive control; steam reforming; MHE; MPC; catalytic fuel reformer; coking susceptibility; control system; controller commands; cost based metric; economic control; economic performance optimization; energy content estimation; inlet gas composition; methane reforming; model predictive control; moving horizon estimation; outlet gas mixture; reactor temperature; Carbon; Fuel cells; Fuels; Heating; Inductors; Noise; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference (ACC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2015.7172223
