• DocumentCode
    485885
  • Title

    Adaptive Control of a Pilot Scale Distillation Column

  • Author

    Gerry, J.P. ; Vogel, E.F. ; Edgar, T.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    22-24 June 1983
  • Firstpage
    819
  • Lastpage
    824
  • Abstract
    A single loop adaptive controller algorithm has been successfully applied to the control of an eight plate distillation column separating a mixture of methanol and water. Computer control of loops controlling overhead and bottom composition has been implemented using a NOVA 3/12 minicomputer with 32k RAM and a disk operating system. The control algorithm is based on pole-zero placement.
  • Keywords
    Adaptive control; Chemical processes; Control systems; Delay effects; Distillation equipment; MIMO; Methanol; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Performance gain; Programmable control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 1983
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4788227