Modelling of methanol synthesis in a network of forced unsteady-state ring reactors by artificial neural networks for control purposes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4033-4041

  Fissore, Davide ^a   Barresi, Antonello A ^a   Manca, Davide ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Dynamic simulation; Forced unsteady state chemical reactor; History stack adaptation; Mathematical modelling; Methanol synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LEARNING RATES; RING REACTORS; TESTING PHASES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 4444253636     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.05.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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