Model predictive control of reactor temperature in a CSTR pilot plant operating at an unstable steady-state

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Pinheiro, Carla L C ^a,b   Kershenbaum, Lester S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Continuous stirred exothermic reactors; Model predictive control; Nonlinear control; Receding horizon control; Steady states multiplicity; Unstable steady states

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROLLERS; EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; PILOT PLANTS;

EXOTHERMIC REACTORS; NON LINEAR CONTROL; RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL; STEADY STATES MULTIPLICITY; UNSTABLE STEADY STATE;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 0004285384     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(99)80211-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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