TY - JOUR
T1 - Time scale multiplicity and nonlinear control of an ethyl acetate reactive distillation column
AU - Vora, Nishith
AU - Daoutidis, Prodromos
PY - 1999/12/1
Y1 - 1999/12/1
N2 - In this paper, the dynamics and control of a reactive distillation column for the production of ethyl acetate are studied. Initially, the existence of fast and slow dynamics corresponding to the liquid flowrates, and the liquid compositions and holdups, respectively, is documented and analyzed. A description of the slow dynamics of the column is derived using singular perturbation arguments, and is used for the synthesis of a nonlinear feedback controller. The performance and robustness of this controller are evaluated and compared with those of a controller based on the exact two time scale model.
AB - In this paper, the dynamics and control of a reactive distillation column for the production of ethyl acetate are studied. Initially, the existence of fast and slow dynamics corresponding to the liquid flowrates, and the liquid compositions and holdups, respectively, is documented and analyzed. A description of the slow dynamics of the column is derived using singular perturbation arguments, and is used for the synthesis of a nonlinear feedback controller. The performance and robustness of this controller are evaluated and compared with those of a controller based on the exact two time scale model.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0033283957
SN - 0743-1619
VL - 4
SP - 2543
EP - 2547
JO - Proceedings of the American Control Conference
JF - Proceedings of the American Control Conference
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 American Control Conference (99ACC)
Y2 - 2 June 1999 through 4 June 1999
ER -