Null space method for selecting optimal measurement combinations as controlled variables

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 846-853

  Alstad, Vidar ^a,b   Skogestad, Sigurd ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

NULL SPACE METHOD; STEADY STATE MODEL;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 33847323428     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060285+     Document Type: Article

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