Robustness analysis and control of a pilot-scale distillation column

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 703-717

  Nooraii, A ^a,c   Figueroa, J ^a,b   Romagnoli, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PLAPIQUI UNS CONICET   (Argentina)

^c Alcoa of Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERNET GATEWAY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 0030674264     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(96)00309-2     Document Type: Article

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