ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
A pole-placement self-tuning controller has been used to control a fixed-bed autothermal reactor conducting the water-gas shift reaction at both an upper stable state and a middle unstable state. Excellent set-point tracking and disturbance rejection characteristics were obtained using a single manipulated variable, the heat input at the entrance to the catalyst bed, to control a single bed temperature. Excellent set-point tracking during the transition from the upper state to the middle state was obtained by using a technique that tuned the closed-loop poles on-line so as to give an optimal response.
Additional Material:
16 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690320610
