Control structure selection for the elevated-pressure air separation unit in an IGCC power plant: Self-optimizing control structure for economical operation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 7479-7488

  Roh, Kosan ^a   Lee, Jay H ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; LOSSES; OPTIMIZATION;

CONTROL STRUCTURE SELECTIONS; EQUATION-BASED MODELING; INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; MINIMUM SINGULAR VALUE; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; PROPORTIONAL PLUS INTEGRALS; SELF-OPTIMIZING CONTROL;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84900429500     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie402909j     Document Type: Article

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