Nonlinear control of a polymerization CSTR with singular characteristic matrix

M Soroush, C Kravaris - AIChE journal, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
This experimental work concerns the multivariable nonlinear control of a pilotsize
continuous polymerization reactor with generically singular characteristic matrix. The control …

Multivariable nonlinear control of a continuous polymerization reactor: an experimental study

M Soroush, C Kravaris - AIChE journal, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
This experimental work concerns the multivariable nonlinear control of a continuous stirred‐
tank polymerization reactor. The globally linearizing control (GLC) method is implemented to …

Nonlinear control of a batch polymerization reactor: an experimental study

M Soroush, C Kravaris - AIChE journal, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
This work studies the experimental application of the globally linearizing control (GLC)
method to a batch polymerization reactor. The nonlinear controller is implemented on a …

Multivariable nonlinear control of a continuous polymerization reactor

M Soroush, C Kravaris - 1992 American Control Conference, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this experimental study, the Globally Linearizing Control (GLC) technique is applied to
control temperature and conversion in a continuous stirred tank polymerization reactor by …

Constrained output feedback control of a multivariable polymerization reactor

MJ Kurtz, GY Zhu, MA Henson - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multivariable nonlinear control strategy which accounts for unmeasured state variables
and input constraints is developed for the free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate …

Control of continuous copolymerization reactors

S Padilla, J Alvarez - AIChE journal, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Continuous solution copolymerization is an important industrial process in the manufacture
of commodity and engineering plastics. The addition of comonomers and solvent, and the …

Nonlinear output feedback control of a class of polymerization reactors

M Soroush, N Zambare - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Presents an approach to the problem of nonlinear output feedback control. A nonlinear
output feedback control law is derived within the framework of input-output linearization. It …

Synthesis of multivariable nonlinear controllers by input/output linearization

C Kravaris, M Soroush - AIChE Journal, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
This work concerns the synthesis of nonlinear controllers for multivariable nonlinear
processes that make the closed‐loop system linear in an input/output sense. Necessary and …

Hierarchical control of a train of continuous polymerization reactors

C Kiparissides, SR Ponnuswamy - The Canadian Journal of …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
A multilayer control scheme is synthesized for a series of polymerization stirred tank reactors
to control the monomer conversion over the reactor line. In this work two layers of control are …

Constructive control of continuous polymer reactors

J Alvarez, P González - Journal of Process Control, 2007 - Elsevier
The problem of controlling (possibly open-loop unstable) continuous free-radical solution
polymer reactors with temperature, level and flow measurements is addressed. The …