A hierarchical controller design for a reactor/separator system with recycle

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6518-6524

  Seki, Hiroya ^a   Naka, Yuji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION; SEPARATORS;

CONTROL STRUCTURE; COORDINATION CONTROL LAYER; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; TIME SCALE SEPARATION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION; SEPARATORS;

EID: 33749187232     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060538z     Document Type: Article

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