Application of model predictive control and dynamic analysis to a pilot distillation column and experimental verification

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 163-174

  Alpbaz, M ^a   Karacan, S ^a   Cabbar, Y ^b   Hapoglu H ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Sugar Factories Corperation   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dynamic matrix control; PID; Pilot distillation

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; METHANOL; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

REFLUX RATIO;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DISTILLATION; MODEL; PACKED COLUMN;

EID: 0037190245     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(01)00304-7     Document Type: Article

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