Freeze-drying cycle optimization using model predictive control techniques

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7363-7379

  Pisano, Roberto ^a   Fissore, Davide ^a   Barresi, Antonello A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAMBER PRESSURE; CONTROLLER PARAMETER; FREEZE DRYING; IN-LINE; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; MODELING ERRORS; OPTIMAL FORMULATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PRIMARY DRYING; PROCESS CONSTRAINTS; PRODUCT QUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; CONTROLLERS; DRYING; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 79958826980     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101955a     Document Type: Article

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