Real-time validation of multi-linear model-based control strategies: application to a bench-scale neutralization reactor

Studies the real-time implementation of four multi-linear model-based control design methodologies. It is noted that multi-linear models present a promising paradigm to design controllers for complex nonlinear plants. The multi-linear modeling philosophy is based on the selection of a set of linear models, complemented with an adaptation mechanism to explain the nonlinear plant behavior in the operating range. A bench-scale pH neutralization reactor is studied