A multivariable control scheme in a two-stage anaerobic digestion system described by partial differential equations

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1324-1332

  Aguilar Garnica, Efrén ^a   Dochain, Denis ^b   Alcaraz González, Víctor ^c   González Álvarez, Víctor ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion process; Multivariable control; Partial differential equations

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SCHEMES; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; FIRST LAW; FIXED-BED BIOREACTOR; LOAD DISTURBANCES; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROLLER; NONLINEAR CONTROL LAWS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SET-POINT; SETPOINTS; STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE; TWO-STAGE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; SET THEORY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 70249151388     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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