Case study for control structure selection: Air separation plant

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-243

  Trierweiler, J O ^a   Engell, S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROLLABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

AIR SEPARATION PLANT; CONTROL STRUCTURE SELECTION (CSS); ROBUST PERFORMANCE NUMBER (RPN);

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0033899648     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-1524(99)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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