Multivariable control design for the water gas shift reactor in a fuel processor

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 840-844

  Varigonda, Subbarao ^a   Eborn, Jonas ^a   Bortoff, Scott A ^a  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FUEL CELLS; OXIDATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POWER PLANTS; SENSORS; STATE SPACE METHODS; STEAM;

CATALYTIC PARTIAL OXIDATION (CPO); FUEL PROCESSORS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES (PEM); WATER GAS SHIFT REACTORS;

MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 8744230043     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/acc.2004.1383710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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