Optimization of molecular-weight distribution using batch-to-batch adjustments

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3660-3669

  Clarke Pringle, Tracy L ^a   MacGregor, John F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; POLYSTYRENES; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

BATCH-TO-BATCH ADJUSTMENTS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0032164685     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980058a     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Kozub, D.; MacGregor, J. F. Feedback Control of Polymer Quality in Semi-batch Copolymerization Reactors. Chem. Eng. Sei. 1992, 47, 929.
2. Soroush, M.; Kravaris, C. Nonlinear Control of a Batch Polymerization Reactor: an Experimental Study. AIChE J. 1992, 35, 1429.
3. Yabuki, Y.; MacGregor, J. F. Product Quality Control in Semi-batch Reactors using Mid-course Correction Policies. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1997, 36, 1268.
4. Tsen, A. Y.; Jang S.; Wong, D.; Joseph, B. Predictive Control of Quality in Batch Polymerization Using Hybrid ANN Models. AIChE J. 1996, 42, 455.
5. Box, G. E.; Jenkins, G. M. Tïme Series Analysis: Forecasting and Control; Robinson, E., Ed.; Holden-Day: Oakland, 1976.
6. Vander Wiel, S. A.; Tucker, W. T.; Faltin, F. W.; Doganaksoy, N. Algorithmic Statistical Process Control: Concepts and an Application. Technometrics 1992, 34, 286.
7. Cawthon, G. D.; Knaebel, K. S. Optimization of Semi-batch Polymerization Reactions. Comput. Chem. Eng. 1989, 13, 63.
8. Choi, K. Y.; Butala, D. N. An Experimental Study of Multiobjective Dynamic Optimization of a Semibatch Copolymerization Process. Polym. Eng. Sei. 1991, 31, 353.
9. Filippi-Bossy, C.; Bordet, J.; Villermaux, J.; Marchal-Brassely, S.; Georgakis, C. Batch Reactor Optimization by Use of Tendency Models. Comput. Chem. Eng. 1989,13, 35.
10. Fotopoulos, J.; Georgakis, C.; Stenger, H. G. Effect of Process-Model Mismatch on the Optimization of the Catalytic Epoxidation of Oleic Acid Using Tendency Models. Chem. Eng. Sei. 1996, 51, 1899.
11. Zafiriou, E.; Zhu, J. Optimal Control of Semi-batch Processes in the Presence of Modeling Error. Proceedings of the 1990 American Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 1990; IEEE Service Center: Piscataway, NJ, 1990. 1644.
12. Dong, D.; McAvoy, T.; Zafiriou, E. Batch to Batch Optimization using Neural Network Models. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1996, 35, 2269.
13. Gugliotta, L.; Leiza J.; Arotcarena, M.; Armitage, P.; Asua, J. Copolymer Composition Control in Unseeded Emulsion Polymerization Using Calorimetric Data. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1995, 34, 3899.
14. Takamatsu, T.; Shioya, S.; Okada, Y. Molecular Weight Distribution Control in Batch Polymerization Reactor. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1988, 27, 93.
15. Ellis, M. F.; Taylor, T. W.; Jensen, K F. On-line Molecular Weight Distribution Estimation and Control in Batch Polymerization. AIChE J. 1994, 40, 445.
16. Crowley, T. J.; Choi, K Y. Discrete Optimal Control of Molecular Weight Distribution in a Batch Free Radical Polymerization Process. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1997, 36, 3676.
17. Hamielec, A. E.; Tobita, H. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry; VCH Publishers Inc.: New York, 1992; Vol. A21, p 324.
18. Dube, M. A.; Penlidis, A. Hierarchical Data Analysis of a Replicate Experiment in Emulsion Terpolymerization. AIChE J. 1996, 42, 1985.
19. Clarke-Pringle, T. Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, expected 1999.
20. Marten, F. L.; Hameliec, A. E. High-Conversion DiffusionControlled Polymerization of Styrène I. J. Appl. Polym. Sei. 1982, 27, 489.
21. Clarke-Pringle, T.; MacGregor, J. F. Nonlinear Adaptive Temperature Control of Multiproduct, Semi-batch Polymerization Reactors. Comput. Chem. Eng. 1997, 21, 1395.
22. Wold, S.; Esbensen, K.; Geladi, P. Principal Component Analysis. Chem. Int. Lab. Sys. 1987, 2, 37.
23. MacGregor, J. F.; Kourti, T. Statistical Process Control of Multivariate Processes. Control Eng. Prac. 1995, 3, 403.
24. Jackson, J. E.; Mudholkar. G. S. Control Procedures for Residuals Associated with Principal Component Analysis. Technometrics 1979, 21, 341.
25. Nomikos, P.; MacGregor, J. F. Multivariate SPC charts for monitoring batch processes. Technometics 1995, 37, 41.