Application of adaptive model-predictive control to a batch MMA polymerization reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3729-3739

  Rho, Hyung Jun ^a   Huh, Yun Jun ^a   Rhee, Hyun Ku ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive model predictive; ARMAX; Batch reactor; Control experiment; MMA polymerization; Robust RLS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE MODEL PREDICTIVE; AUTO REGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE EXOGENEOUS MODEL; BATCH REACTOR; CONTROL EXPERIMENT; RECURSIVE LEAST SQUARES METHOD;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0345148783     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00166-3     Document Type: Article

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