Control of temperature wave trains in periodically forced networks of catalytic reactors for methanol synthesis

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-36

  Altimari, Pietro ^a   Mancusi, Erasmo ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Linear piecewise feedback control; Loop reactor; Patterns control; Periodically forced network; Process intensification; Train waves

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC REACTOR; CONTROL LAWS; CONTROLLER PARAMETER; COOLING EFFECTS; FEEDBACK CONTROL STRATEGIES; FIXED BED REACTOR; LOOP REACTORS; MANIPULATED VARIABLES; METHANOL CONVERSION; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; OPERATING REGIMES; OPERATING WINDOWS; PIECE-WISE; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; REACTION FRONT; START-UPS; SWITCHING TIME; TEMPERATURE WAVE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; METHANOL; REACTOR OPERATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84871445610     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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