Enhanced model predictive control of a catalytic flow reversal reactor

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 620-631

  Devals, C ^a   Fuxman, A ^b   Bertrand, F ^a   Forbes, J F ^b   Perrier, M ^a   Hayes, R E ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; CFRR; DOE; Heat and mass transfer; Model predictive control

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC COMBUSTION; CATALYTIC FLOW REVERSAL REACTORS; CFRR; CONTINUUM MODEL; CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE; DOE; EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; FLUID PHASIS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INLET CONCENTRATION; KEY PROCESS; MASS EXTRACTION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METHANE CONVERSIONS; METHANE-AIR MIXTURE; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; STATIONARY STATE; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; SWITCHING TIME; TERMINAL CONSTRAINT;

AIR; CATALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 68549115437     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20194     Document Type: Article

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