Implementation of a differential geometric nonlinear controller on an industrial evaporator system

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1309-1319

  To, L C ^a   Tade M O ^a   Le Page, G P ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina refinery; Differential geometry; Feedback linearization; Mineral processing; Nonlinear control; Plant implementation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRIC NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; INPUT-OUTPUT LINEARIZATION; LIQUID BURNING; NONLINEAR DYNAMIC STATE EQUATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINA; EVAPORATORS; FEEDBACK; LINEARIZATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032207264     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0967-0661(98)00099-9     Document Type: Article

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