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Title:

Simulation Of Robust Stabilization Of A Chemical Reactor

Authors:

Monika Bakońová, Anna Vasičkaninová

Published in:

 

(2009).ECMS 2009 Proceedings edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M. Doncel Pedrera. European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009 

 

ISBN: 978-0-9553018-8-9

 

23rd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Madrid, June 9-12, 2009

Citation format:

Bakosova, M., & Vasickaninova, A. (2009). Simulation Of Robust Stabilization Of A Chemical Reactor. ECMS 2009 Proceedings edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M. Doncel Pedrera (pp. 570-576). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009-0570-0576

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2009-0570-0576

Abstract:

The paper presents simulation experiments on the con- tinuous stirred tank reactor for hydrolysis of propylene oxide to propylene glycol. The reactor is exothermic one. There are two parameters with only approximately known values in the reactor. These parameters are the reaction rate constant and the reaction enthalpy. The simplified mathematical model of the reactor consists of four nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The steady state analysis shows the reactor has multiple steady states and the open-loop analysis confirms that the reactor is open-loop unstable around one of these steady states. Then the possibility to stabilize the reactor using static output feedback PI and PID controllers is studied. Because of the presence of uncertainty in the continuous stirred tank reactor, the robust static output feedback is designed. Simulations are used for testing the stabilizability of the reactor around its open-loop unstable steady state.

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