Title :
Variable structure process control
Author :
El-Khazali, R. ; Peleties, P. ; Decarlo, R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
The design of a direct control of a chemical plant based on variable structure output feedback system theory is described. The plant consists of a reactor followed by an elaborate separation system. The overall control strategy is to operate the plant at near optimum return on investment. This is to be accomplished through a multilayered hierarchical computer control. Two control designs using boundary layers, which implement the lowest layer, are presented and examined
Keywords :
chemical technology; control system synthesis; feedback; hierarchical systems; process computer control; variable structure systems; boundary layers; chemical plant; direct control design; multilayered hierarchical computer control; process control; reactor; separation system; variable structure output feedback system theory; Automatic control; Chemical reactors; Control design; Control systems; Electric variables control; Inductors; Investments; Optimal control; Process control; Temperature control;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1992., First IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0047-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1992.269895
