Control structure design for the ammonia synthesis process

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2920-2932

  Araújo, Antonio ^a   Skogestad, Sigurd ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonia plant; Bottleneck; Bottom up design; Control structure; Manipulable variables; Primary controlled variable; Secondary controlled variables; Throughput; Top down analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA PLANT; AMMONIA SYNTHESIS; BOTTLENECK; BOTTOM-UP DESIGN; CHEMICAL-; CONTROL STRUCTURE; CONTROL STRUCTURE DESIGN; CONTROL STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCES; FEED RATES; MANIPULABLE VARIABLES; MAXIMUM CAPACITY; MAXIMUM THROUGH-PUT; MODES OF OPERATIONS; PLANT-WIDE CONTROL; PRIMARY CONTROLLED VARIABLE; SECONDARY CONTROLLED VARIABLES; TOP-DOWN ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPRESSORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); KINETIC THEORY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TECHNOLOGY; THROUGHPUT;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 52949153593     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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