Role of multiplicity in reactive distillation control system design

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 692-706

  Pavan Kumar, M V ^a   Kaistha, Nitin ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Control system design; Input multiplicity; Reactive distillation control

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INPUT MULTIPLICITY; REACTIVE DISTILLATION CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 44649202285     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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