The continuous record of monomer and polymer concentrations, C m and C p, and
cumulative weight-average mass, M w, furnished by automatic continuous online monitoring …

A survey of the most recent papers regarding the advanced control of polymerization
reactors is carried out. Special attention is focused on optimal control theory, nonlinear …

Most chemical engineering processes exhibit con-siderable deviations from ideality since
complex physico-chemical phenomena are involved which are difficult to describe …

The current state and key issues in the modeling and control of polymerization reactors are
surveyed. The physical phenomena, types of reactor models, sensor hardware, process …

Emulsion copolymerization in semibatch reactors is an industrial process where important
commodity and engineering plastics are manufactured, and the design and control of the …

Optimal policies for the control of large disturbances (start up and change of specification
problems) in continuous polymerization reactors are determined numerically and compared …

This paper considers the temperature control of semi-batch polymerization reactors in which
some of the following issues must be considered:(i) production of multiple products in the …

A polymer product is characterized by such properties as number average and weight
average molecular weights. This paper describes the closed-loop optimal control of a batch …

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 …

A new strategy for composition control in emulsion copolymerization and terpolymerization
processes, based on the use of nonlinear estimation and control techniques, is presented in …