Model-based design and control of a continuous drum granulation process

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1063-1073

  Ramachandran, Rohit ^a   Chaudhury, Anwesha ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Control studies; Granulation; Model validation; Multi dimensional population balance model; Process design

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; CONTROL STUDIES; CONTROL-LOOP PERFORMANCE; DESIGN STRATEGIES; DOWNSTREAM PROCESS; DRUM GRANULATION; EFFICIENT CONTROL; LABORATORY SCALE; MODEL VALIDATION; MODEL-BASED DESIGN; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; PROCESS DESIGN AND CONTROL;

GRANULATION; MIMO SYSTEMS; PROCESS DESIGN;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84864513951     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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