On-line state and parameter estimation of EPDM polymerization reactors using a hierarchical extended Kalman filter

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 837-852

  Li, Rujun ^a   Corripio, Armando B ^a   Henson, Michael A ^b   Kurtz, Michael J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended Kalman filter; On line parameter estimation; Polymerization reactors; State estimation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ETHYLENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERIZATION; PROPYLENE; STATE ESTIMATION;

EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER; KINETIC PARAMETERS; ON-LINE PARAMETER ESTIMATIONS; POLYMERIZATION REACTORS;

KALMAN FILTERING;

EID: 3242693312     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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