A robust control scheme to improve the stability of anaerobic digestion processes

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-383

  Mendez Acosta H O ^a   Palacios Ruiz, B ^a   Alcaraz Gonzalez V ^a   Gonzalez Alvarez V ^a   Garcia Sandoval J P ^a  

^a Departamento de Ingeniería Química   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Robust control; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALI SOLUTIONS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; ANTI-WINDUP; CONTROL INPUT SATURATION; CONTROL SCHEMES; CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE; LOAD DISTURBANCES; LUENBERGER OBSERVERS; MODEL-BASED; MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT; NOISY MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRACTICAL STABILITY; PROCESS KINETICS; ROBUST CONTROL SCHEME; ROBUST REGULATION; STATE VARIABLES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDBACK; PROCESS CONTROL; ROBUST CONTROL; STABILITY CRITERIA; STATE FEEDBACK; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 77949541161     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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