In this chapter we present a state space interpretation of the small gain and passivity
approach of the previous chapter. Moreover, we will come to some kind of synthesis …

The control of continuous stirred tank reactors is often a challenging problem because of the
strong pronounced nonlinearity of the process dynamics. Exact feedback linearization and …

The dynamic behavior and control of an ethylene glycol reactive distillation column were
studied. A detailed tray‐by‐tray model that explicitly includes the vapor‐phase balances is …

This paper reviews the properties of model-state feedback and input/output linearizing state
feedback for the synthesis of nonlinear controllers. These concepts are extended to …

Regulation of non-minimum phase outputs: a flatness based approach Page 1 Regulation of
non-minimum phase outputs: a flatness based approach M. Fliessl, H. Sira-Ramirez2, and R …

Chemical processes with input multiplicity behavior place a limitation on the structure of the
feedback controller. Systems with right-half-plane zeroes (characteristic inverse response) …

A general nonlinear controller design methodology for continuous-time nonminimum-phase
systems is presented, which utilizes synthetic outputs that are statically equivalent to the …

A control synthesis scheme is presented for nonlinear single-input-single-output systems
which have completely unstable (antistable) zero dynamics. The approach is similar in spirit …

In this chapter, the basic theory of feedback linearization is presented and issues of
particular relevance to process control applications are discussed. Two fundamental …

The problem of expressing a given nonlinear state-space system as the cascade connection
of a lossless system and a stable, minimum-phase system (inner-outer factorization) is …