Effect of control loop configuration on the bifurcation behavior and gasoline yield of industrial fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 37-56

  Alhumaizi, K ^a   Elnashaie, S S E H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Dynamics; Feedback control; Fluid catalytic cracking units (FCC); Stability

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GASOLINE;

CONTROL LOOP CONFIGURATION;

FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING;

EID: 0031078205     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(97)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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