Advanced step nonlinear model predictive control for air separation units

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 678-685

  Huang, Rui ^a,b   Zavala, Victor M ^a,b   Biegler, Lorenz T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced step NMPC; Air separation units; Large scale; Nonlinear model predictive control; Nonlinear programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTROLLERS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEPARATION;

ADVANCED STEP NMPC; AIR SEPARATION UNITS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATIONS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS; INTEGRAL PARTS; LARGE-SCALE; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; ON-LINE OPTIMIZATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PRODUCT DEMANDS; RIGOROUS DYNAMIC MODELS;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 63249110028     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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