Robust nonlinear control of polymethylmethacrylate production in a batch reactor

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages

  Sampath, Vishak ^a   Palanki, Srinivas ^a   Cockburn, Juan C ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batch process; Nonlinear control; Polymethylmethacrylate; Robust

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHOD; POLYMER; REACTOR;

EID: 0031866905     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(98)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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