Optimized start-up control of an industrial-scale evaporation system with hybrid dynamics

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 976-990

  Sonntag, Christian ^a   Su, Wanjing ^a   Stursberg, Olaf ^b   Engell, Sebastian ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithms; Hybrid systems; Large scale systems; Nonlinear programming; Optimal control; Processing systems

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLANT STARTUP;

EVAPORATION SYSTEM; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PROCESSING SYSTEMS; START-UP CONTROL;

EVAPORATION;

EVAPORATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLANT STARTUP;

EID: 43249129605     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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