Batch-to-Batch Adaptive Iterative Learning Control─ Explicit Model Predictive Control Two-Tier Framework for the Control of Batch Transesterification Process

N Gupta, R De, H Kodamana, S Bhartiya - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
To harness energy security and reduce carbon emissions, humankind is trying to switch
toward renewable energy resources. To this extent, fatty acid methyl esters, also known as …

Feedback control strategy of Fischer–Tropsch process in a micro-GtL plant

M Sharifian, N Hudon, E Pahija, GS Patience - … Engineering Research and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gas-to-liquid technology monetizes flared natural gas to produce green fuel while reducing
carbon emissions. In the first step, oxygen reforms methane to CO and H 2 followed by …

Transesterification of Triglycerides in a Rotor–Stator Spinning Disc Reactor: Scale-Up and Solid Handling

A Chaudhuri, EB Temelli, CJW Hop… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fatty acid methyl esters are extensively used compounds in the industry, but they are
perhaps most widely known for their application as biodiesel. In this study, we propose the …

An efficient reinforcement learning approach to optimal control with application to biodiesel production

S Kannan, U Diwekar - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimal control problems are one of the most challenging problems in optimization. This
paper presents a new and efficient Reinforcement Learning approach to optimal control …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal control approach for nonlinear chemical processes with uncertainty and application to a continuous stirred-tank reactor problem

X Wu, Y Hou, K Zhang - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Practical chemical process is usually a dynamic process including uncertainty. Stochastic
constraints can be used to chemical process modeling, where constraints cannot be strictly …

Evolutionary algorithms and orthogonal basis for dynamic optimization in L2 space for batch biodiesel production

MN Pantano, MC Fernández, A Amicarelli… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel methodology for the dynamic optimization of biodiesel batch production
is developed. Two problem statements are carried out. In the first approach, only the final …

Constrained iterative learning control of batch transesterification process under uncertainty

R De, S Bhartiya, Y Shastri - Control Engineering Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiesel are fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), which can be produced by the
transesterification reaction of vegetable oils with methanol. A batch transesterification …

Optimal control in reactive processing for fine chemicals and polymers in stirred jacketed batch and semi-batch reactors: A bibliography

M Stojkovic - 2022 - chemrxiv.org
After World War II, scientific investigations for processing in chemical batch reactors were
started, for its “most adopted” application in the industrial sector. Taken from the industrial …