Model predictive control of smelt dissolving tank TTA using Ft-NIR liquor composition analyser

International Chemical Recovery Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 76-83

  Allison, Bruce ^a   Halvorson, Bruce ^b   Pawson, David ^b  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b ItibiBowater Thunder Bay Operations   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK WASHING; CONTINUOUS TIME; DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; DENSITY METER; DISCRETE-TIME; GREEN LIQUORS; KRAFT MILLS; LARGE PARTS; LIQUOR COMPOSITION; RECOVERY CYCLES; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SMELT DISSOLVING TANK; SOFT SENSORS; STATE ESTIMATES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TITRATABLE ALKALIS; WHITE LIQUOR;

ALKALINITY; CLARIFICATION; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISSOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; RECOVERY; STATE SPACE METHODS;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 77956732457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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