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Nonlinear Control of a Batch Polymerization Reactor
Conference proceeding

Nonlinear Control of a Batch Polymerization Reactor

Masoud Soroush and Costas Kravaris
1991 American Control Conference, v 3, pp 2879-2885
Jun 1991

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Cooling Inductors Mathematical model Polymers Pressure control Temperature control Temperature sensors Transducers Valves Water heating
This work studies the experimental application of the globally linearizing control (GLC) methodology to a batch polymerization reactor. The GLC methodology is used to start-up the batch reactor and then track a precalculated optimal temperature profile which minimizes the polydispersity of the final polymer product during the batch operation. The reactor temperature is tracked by manipulating two coordinated inputs: power to an electrical heater and cooling water flow rate.

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