The design and application of a new control structure for the Tennessee Eastman Challenge process is presented. This structure is primarily single-input single-output (SISO) but it has been augmented with the concept ...
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The design and application of a new control structure for the Tennessee Eastman Challenge process is presented. This structure is primarily single-input single-output (SISO) but it has been augmented with the concept of extensive variable control to intuitively design multivariable structures for the regulation of the production rate and the product purities. A review of plant-wide control methodologies is provided to lay the basis for a discussion of SISO versus multivariable approaches.
The utility of the growth mechanism to influence polystyrene particle size distributions is investigated via a competitive growth framework. A dynamic competitive growth model, extrapolated from an experimentally vali...
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The utility of the growth mechanism to influence polystyrene particle size distributions is investigated via a competitive growth framework. A dynamic competitive growth model, extrapolated from an experimentally validated unimodal model, is used to simulate the semi-batch growth of two monodisperse particle populations at 50°C. Results show that the greatest relative narrowing between the two populations occurs at the particle monomer concentration ([ M ] p ) saturation limit and decreases as [ M ] p is decreased towards a limited reaction lower bound. Simulations run at these limits provide the reachable regions starting from several initial diameter population pairs. The areas of these regions are found to be dependent on the magnitude of the initial diameter ratio and the individual particle sizes.
Identification of nonlinear processes using bilinear models is presented. To avoid direct estimation of the bilinear model parameters, a dynamically equivalent input/output model structure is developed through an anal...
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Identification of nonlinear processes using bilinear models is presented. To avoid direct estimation of the bilinear model parameters, a dynamically equivalent input/output model structure is developed through an analysis of the observability of the bilinear system. Calculation of the Volterra kernels from the input/output model parameters is presented and the overparameterization of the input/output model form is examined by comparison with the Volterra series model form. Constraint equations calculated from this guarantees the dynamic equivalence of the input/output and state-space forms. The input/output model parameters are estimated through an extended least-squares method. An example of a fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) is presented.
A method is presented for identifying process design modifications that improve processcontrollability. The methodology includes the use of designed experimentation to examine multiple design and control factors simu...
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A method is presented for identifying process design modifications that improve processcontrollability. The methodology includes the use of designed experimentation to examine multiple design and control factors simultaneously. Each trial within the designed experiment includes estimation of the capital and operating costs and quantification of the controllability. A recycle process is used in an example of the method. The method reveals that the size of the reactor has a large influence on the controllability and the control structures in combination with the other factori show potential for dynamic response improvement. Physical arguments are used to explain these observations.
In closed-loop simulations of the catalytic cracker, it was observed that the model identified at a low throughput operating point, when used in MPC did a better job on the high throughput operating point than a model...
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In closed-loop simulations of the catalytic cracker, it was observed that the model identified at a low throughput operating point, when used in MPC did a better job on the high throughput operating point than a model identified at the latter operating point. At the same time MPC utilising a model identified at a high throughput operating point did not perform well when used at the low throughput operating points. In this paper we examine this behavior through an analysis of the closed-loop catalytic cracker under unconstrained MPC. The persistent appearance of an upward spike in stack carbon monoxide concentrations immediately following a disturbance, despite extensive tuning efforts suggests that it is due to process rather than control system design characteristics. At high throughput operating points this phenomenon is of concern because it seriously impairs the ability of a control system to keep CO below its upper constraint. In the paper we trace the source of this dynamic behavior to the design of the catalytic cracker and suggest modifications that may favorably affect control performance.
Industrial interest in batch distillation has increased significantly in recent years as more batch processing is being used for low-volume high-value specialty chemicals. Most studies have concentrated on the determi...
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Industrial interest in batch distillation has increased significantly in recent years as more batch processing is being used for low-volume high-value specialty chemicals. Most studies have concentrated on the determination of optimum operating strategies: optimum trajectories of reflux ratio and pressure during the batch and processing of the slop cuts that are produced. Little attention has been paid to the problems of control. If instantaneous and perfect analyzers were available, the control of batch distillation would be straightforward once the optimum policies are available. Switching from total-reflux operation to producing product and from this to slop-cut production could be performed when compositions in the reflux drum or in product tankage reached the desired values. However, in most industrial applications of batch distillation, perfect composition measurements are not available. This means that an inferential control system that relies on temperature and flow measurements must be used. Models of the batch distillation process can be used to provide estimates of the required compositions. This paper presents the results of a study of two types of model-based inferential control systems for multicomponent batch distillation. The results showed that both steady-state and dynamic estimators provide good estimation of the distillate compositions using only one temperature measurement.
The research presented in this paper combines the problem of identifiction and control of nonlinear processes. This is done by approximating the process with a bilinear model and designing model-based control structur...
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The research presented in this paper combines the problem of identifiction and control of nonlinear processes. This is done by approximating the process with a bilinear model and designing model-based control structures (Reference System controllers) based on the bilinear approximation. The identification of the bilinear model and the construction of the controller are described below. An example of the identification and control of an exothermic CSTR is also presented.
The tendency modeling approach for optimization, estimation, and control is applied to bioreactors. This approach uses a “tendency” or “grey” model based on the available fundamental knowledge of the process and e...
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The tendency modeling approach for optimization, estimation, and control is applied to bioreactors. This approach uses a “tendency” or “grey” model based on the available fundamental knowledge of the process and emphasizes the incorporation of new process data. The technique is demonstrated on simulation studies and preliminary experimental results of the penicillin fermentation. The tendency model is based on reactor mass balances such as those proposed by Bajpai and Reuß (1980) while the number of overall reactions and their stoichiometry are derived by abstract factor analysis of experimental data. Actual process and equipment constraints, such as the power mounted to the fermentor, the oxygen transfer capacity, and the rheological characteristics of the broth, are added. The model can be updated periodically utilizing data collected both on-line and off-line. The updated model can be used off-line to develop optimal feeding policies. On-line, a Kalman filter can utilize the tendency model to estimate poorly, infrequently, or unmeasured states.
Several Kalman filter designs were developed and tested for controlling a spray etching process. A hybrid extended Kalman filter was found to yield biased estimates in the presence of process-model mismatch. This issu...
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Very often one needs to know the current values of reaction rates in chemical reactors in order to control them effectively or in order to avoid unsafe operating conditions. ln this work state estimation techniques ar...
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Very often one needs to know the current values of reaction rates in chemical reactors in order to control them effectively or in order to avoid unsafe operating conditions. ln this work state estimation techniques are used to estimate on-line reaction rates in well mixed isothermal batch reactors. The proposed scheme assumes the availability of on-line measurements of overall concentrations of the reactants, and the lack of knowledge on the reaction rate dependence with those concentrations. The state estimator used in this application is a Kalman filter based estimator. Relationships between the continuous and the discrete versions of the filter as well as a Laplace domain analysis were considered. The estimation scheme is applied to two examples of semi-continuous emulsion co-polymerization.
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