Set-point regulation of an anaerobic digestion process with bounded output feedback

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 495-504

  Antonelli, Rita ^a   Harmand, J ^b   Steyer, Jean Philippe ^b   Astolfi, Alessandro ^c,d  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bounded output feedback control; Continuous biological reactors; Input constraints; Waste water treatment plants (WWTPs)

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BOUNDED OUTPUT FEEDBACK CONTROL; CONTINUOUS BIOLOGICAL REACTORS; SET POINT REGULATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 0038782110     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2003.813376     Document Type: Article

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