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 …

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

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 …

Continuous solution polymerization reactor control. 1. Nonlinear reference control of methyl methacrylate polymerization

DK Adebekun, FJ Schork - Industrial & engineering chemistry …, 1989 - ACS Publications
This paper focuses on nonlinear control of a solution polymerization reactor via a reference
controller. A stability and convergence analysis shows that global stabilization of the reactor …

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 …

Control of polymerization reactors

JF MacGregor - Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors and …, 1988 - Elsevier
For the control of polymerization processes, fundamental models play a very important role.
This is due to a number of reasons: the lack of available on-line sensors, the complexity of …

Feedforward and feedback control of a solution copolymerization reactor

JP Congalidis, JR Richards, WH Ray - AIChE Journal, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
A control system is designed for a copolymerization reactor using a combination of
feedforward, ratio, and feedback control to regulate polymer production rate, copolymer …