Comparative evaluation of advanced process control techniques for alumina flash calciners

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-298

  Le Page, G P ^a   Tade M O ^b   Stone, R J ^a  

^a Alcoa of Australia Limited ^*  (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced process control; Alumina flash calciners; Dynamic matrix control; PID control; Relative complexity index; Relative performance index; Relative robustness index; Self tuning control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEEDBACK; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SELF TUNING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ALUMINA FLASH CALCINERS; DYNAMIC MATRIX CONTROL; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVE;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0032143738     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-1524(98)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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