ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The time optimal control problem for jacket cooled continuous flow stirred tank reactor (CSTR) with an exothermic, irreversible, second-order, homogeneous, liquid-phase reaction (the saponification of ethyl acetate) was solved with the maximum principle and phase plane analysis. Both experimental studies and analogue computer simulation studies were conducted.The overall performance of the experimental system agreed very well with the performance of the corresponding system simulated on an analogue computer. However, there were enough differences in the observed and predicted operating states and switching curves to warrant the conclusion that the experimental performance can be significantly improved if experimental results are used to modify the results predicted with computer analysis. These differences were attributed to uncertainties in the model and the values of the model parameters as well as nonrandom (and unforeseen) measurement errors.
Additional Material:
17 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690160611
