Model predictive control of a twin-screw extruder for thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) applications

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-254

  Trifkovic, M ^a   Sheikhzadeh, M ^b   Choo, K ^b   Rohani, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Lambton College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Model identification; Model predictive control; OPC; Thermoplastic vulcanizate; Twin screw extruder

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONTROL METHODOLOGY; CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE; DEGREE OF CROSSLINKING; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INFERENTIAL CONTROL; MANIPULATED VARIABLES; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; MELT TEMPERATURE; MODEL IDENTIFICATION; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLERS; MOTOR LOADS; MULTI VARIABLES; OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING; OPC; PLC (PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER); PROCESS COMMUNICATION; PROCESS VARIABLES; REAL TIME; SCREW SPEED; THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE; THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATES; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

CONTROLLERS; MATLAB; PHENOLS; PILOT PLANTS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCREWS;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 84855976082     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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