DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF CHEMICAL REACTORS, DISTILLATION COLUMNS AND BATCH PROCESSES (DYCORD+ *92) Selected Papersfrom the 3rd IFAC Symposium, Maryland, USA, 26-29 April 1992 Edited by J.G. BALCHEN Department of Engineering Cybernetics, TheNorwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway Co-edited by E.D. GILLES K.V. WALLER J.B. RAWLINGS (Germany) (Finland) (USA) Published for the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL by PERGAMON PRESS OXFORD • NEW YORK • SEOUL • TOKYO CONTENTS SURVEY PAPERS Stability Criteria for Chemical Reactors V. BALAKOTAIAH, D. KODRA Dynamics and Control of Distillation Columns - A Critical Survey S. SKOGESTAD Modeling and Control of Polymerization Reactors W.H. RAY Modeling and Control of Microelectronics Materials Processing T.F. EDGAR, T.A. BADGWELL, S.G. BUSHMAN, A.J. TOPRAC CHEMICAL REACTORS MODELLING, ESTIMATION AND CONTROL Computer-aided Analysis of Ionic Reaction Systems M.L. MAVROVOUNIOTIS, L. CONSTANTINOU, S. PRICKETT Approximate Dynamic Models for Chemical Processes: A Comparative Study of Neural Networks and Nonlinear Time Series Modeling Techniques A. RAICH, X. WU, A. CINAR State Prediction for Chemical Reactors using Feedback Neural Networks B. SCHENKER, M. AGARWAL Catalytic Cracking Models Developed for Predictive Control Purposes D. LJUNGQUIST, S. STRAND, J.G. BALCHEN Observability and Controllability of Continuous Industrial Crystallisers R.A. EEK, A. BOXMAN, Sj. DIJKSTRA Observer Design and Sensor Location in Distributed Parameter Bioreactors T. DAMAK, J.P. BABARY, M.T. NIHTILA A Data-based Process Modeling Approach and its Applications S.J. QJN, T.J. MCAVOY Dynamics of a Packed Bed Reactor with Reactant Recycle H. BRABRAND, S.B. JORGENSEN A Dynamic Model for the Methanol Conversion in a Fluidized Bed Reactor C. TSAKIRIS, G. MARIA, G. POP, G. IGNATESCU, D. MANOLIU, R. BOERU, G.BOZGA, O. MUNTEAN ix Use of Stochastic Neural Networks for Process Control 111 C. KAMBHAMPATI, K. WARWICK Modelbased Control of the Ferrosilicon Process 117 A. VALDERHAUG, J.G. BALCHEN, S.A. HALVORSEN Nonlinear Adaptive Control of a Chemical Reactor using Singular Perturbation Techniques 125 J. ALVAREZ, E. ARANDA A Survey of Approximate Linearization Approaches for Chemical Reactor Control 131 F. J. DOYLE m, M. MORARI Asymptotically Exact Linearization of Chemical Processes 137 M. FRIEDRICH, M. STORZ, E.D. GILLES Adaptive Linearizing Control of Non-isothermal Reactors 143 D. DOCHAIN CSTR Performance Limitations Due to Cooling Jacket Dynamics 149 L.P. RUSSO, B.W. BEQUETTE Reliable Control of Chemical Processes with a Supervisory Knowledge-based System 155 M.R. BASILA, A. CINAR On-line Estimation and Control of Polymerization Reactors 161 K.J. KIM, T.J. CROWLEY, K.Y. CHOI Modeling and Control of Continuous Melt Polycondensation Reactors for the Synthesis of 167 Thermoplastic Polymers G. D. LEI, S.I. CHEONG, K.Y. CHOI Nonlinear Multivariable Control of Product Properties in an Industrial Gas Phase 173 Polyethylene Reactor K.B. McAULEY, J.F. MACGREGOR A Comparison of Strategies for the Control of a Polypropene Reactor 179 B. LIE, J.G. BALCHEN DISTILLATION COLUMNS MODELLING, ESTIMATION AND CONTROL An Analytical Approach to Modelling in Distillation Control 185 T. LUDER, G. WOZNY The Unique Challenges of Cryogenic Distillation Column Control for Integrated Coal Gasification 193 Combined Cycle Applications D.M. ESPIE, J.A. MANDLER, D. MILLER, D. O'CONNOR Dynamics and Control of Unstable Distillation Columns 201 E.W. JACOBSEN, S. SKOGESTAD Relating the DRD Structure to Conventional Model Based Controllers 207 J.B. WALLER, K.V. WALLER Control Structures for a Sidestream Distillation Column Separating a Ternary Mixture 213 A. KOGGERSBOL, S.B. JORGENSEN x Selection of the Best Control Configuration for an Industrial Distillation Column D. ARffiURNU, C. OZGEN, T. GURKAN Non-linear Analysis of Distillation Control Structures JOSE ALVAREZ, JESUS ALVAREZ, C. MARTINEZ A Comparative Study of Linear and Nonlinear Multivariable Binary Distillation Column Control R. PULLINEN, P. PIETILA, T. JUSSILA, P. LAUTALA Feedforward/Feedback Control of a Binary High Purity Distillation Column J. BROLL, H. GELBE Predictive Control of Distillation Columns using Dynamic Neural Networks G.A. MONTAGUE, M.T. THAM, M.J. WILLIS, A.J. MORRIS Application of a Bilinear Long-range Predictive Control Method in a Distillation Process KUN LO, EN SUP YOON, YEONG-KOO YEO, HYUNG-KEUN SONG Combining Adaptive and Neural Control for Distillation Control M. ROELE, K. WARWICK BATCH PROCESSES MODELLING AND CONTROL Discrete-event Controlled Systems in the Chemical Processing Industry H.A. PREISIG The Dynamic Modeling and Optimization of an Industrial Batch Reactor S.E. KEELER, J.W. HULL, Jr., G.L. AGIN The Design and Synthesis of Batch/Semicontinuous Processes IN-BEUM LEE, HO-KYUNG LEE, KUN SOO CHANG Monitoring Discontinuous Reactors using Factor-analytical Techniques O. PRINZ, D. BONVIN Dissolved Oxygen Control using an Automatic Tuning PID Controller K.O. JONES, D. WILLIAMS, D. PHIPPS, P.A. MONTGOMERY Optimization and Control of an Industrial Scale Multivariable Nonlinear Microalgae Fermentation T. PROLL, A. HTLALY, M.N. KARIM, D. GUYRE Batch Time Optimization using both Reactant Dosing and External Cooling for Tight Temperature Control P. DJAVDAN Application of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control to Optimal Batch Distillation J.R. BOSLEY, Jr., T.F. EDGAR Operation Strategies for Reverse-Osmosis Membrane Fouling in the Dairy Industry A.J.B. VAN BOXTEL, Z.E.H. OTTEN Intelligent Operation Support System for a Batch Sulphite Pulping Digester MING RAO, J. CORBIN xi GENERAL SYSTEMS, MODELLING, ESTIMATION AND CONTROL Hybrid Neural Network/Algorithmic Approaches to System Identification A.F. KONAR, T. SAMAD, W.K. FOSLIEN Integrating Neural Networks with First Principles Models for Dynamic Modeling HONG-TE SU, N. BHAT, P.A. MINDERMAN, T.J. McAVOY Time Delay Compensation for Nonlinear Processes M.A. HENSON, D.E. SEBORG Recursive Process Identification under Variable Flow and Volume L. TIAN, A.J. NIEMI, R. YLINEN On the Stability of Nonlinear Quadratic Dynamic Matrix Control G. GATTU, E. ZAFIRIOU A Nonlinear Predictive Control Strategy Based on Radial Basis Function Networks M. POTTMANN, D.E. SEBORG Identification and Robust Control of pH in a CSTR using Step Response Data A. KALAFATIS, L. WANG, W.R. CLUETT Electrovacuum Glass Quality Control System Transferring E.A. AVERBUKH, A.V. BRODSKY Author Index Keyword Index xii.