Simulation and model predictive control of a UOP fluid catalytic cracking unit

Chemical Engineering and Processing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-91

  Cristea, Mircea V ^a   Agachi, Şerban P ^a   Marinoiu, Vasile ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b PETROLEUM GAS UNIVERSITY OF PLOIESTI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Complex nonlinear behavior; FCCU dynamic simulator; Model predictive control; PID control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATORS;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL (MPC);

CATALYTIC CRACKING;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CRACKING; OIL;

EID: 0037289546     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(02)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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