Robust dynamic state estimation of nonlinear plants

J Alvarez, T López - AICHE journal, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
An on‐line state‐estimation design for multiinput multioutput nonlinear plants, either
observable or detectable, is presented. The design considers a stage of analysis, in which …

Nonlinear state estimation with robust convergence

J Alvarez - Journal of Process Control, 2000 - Elsevier
The problem of designing a dynamic measurement processor for the on-line estimation of
the state of a multi-input multi-output nonlinear plant is addressed. The plant can be either …

Online estimation and control of polymer quality in a copolymerization reactor

MJ Park, SM Hur, HK Rhee - AIChE journal, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The validity of an online state estimator for a semi‐batch MMA/MA solution copolymerization
reactor was established using online densitometer and viscometer. Using the conventional …

Combined proportional/integral− inventory control of solution homopolymerization reactors

P González, J Alvarez - Industrial & engineering chemistry …, 2005 - ACS Publications
In this work, a proportional/integral (PI) material-balance scheme to control continuous free-
radical solution homopolymer (possibly open-loop unstable) reactors with level …

On the effect of the estimation structure in the functioning of a nonlinear copolymer reactor estimator

T López, J Alvarez - Journal of Process Control, 2004 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of the estimation structure on the performance and robustness
characteristics of a geometric nonlinear estimator is studied for free-radical continuous …

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 …

A composition-temperature control strategy for semibatch emulsion copolymer reactors

F Zaldo, J Alvarez - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 1998 - Elsevier
Emulsion copolymerization in semibatch reactors is an industrial process where important
commodity and engineering plastics are manufactured, and the design and control of the …

[PDF][PDF] Nonlinear model-based control of a solution copolymerization continuous stirred tank reactor

B Benyahia, S Nacef, F Krim - repository.lboro.ac.uk
The control of solution coplymerization continuous stirred tank reactor is one of the most
complex problems of chemical industry. As a first approach, this system had a mathematical …

Linear measurement feedback control of nonlinear plants

S Padilla, J Alvarez, E Castellanos - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 1999 - Elsevier
For multi-input multi-output (MIMO)(possibly open-loop unstable) plants we consider the
problem of designing a nonlinear feedforward-feedback controller driven by on-line …

Constructive molecular weight control of continuous homopolymer reactors

P Gonzalez, J Alvarez - Industrial & engineering chemistry …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In this work, the problem of controlling (possibly open-loop unstable) continuous free-radical
solution polymer reactors with continuous measurements of temperature, level and flows …