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Title: Managing steam and concentration disturbances in multi-effect evaporators via nonlinear modelling and control
Author/Creator: Adams, G. J.; Burke, B. J.; Goodwin, G. C.; Gravdahl, J. T.; Peirce, R. D.; Rojas, A. J.
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Description: Evaporators are core units in many industrial processes including sugar mills. The dynamics of these systems are complex and hence the systems have been frequently used to demonstrate unusual systems and control behaviour. In this paper we explore a particular control architecture commonly employed in industry. We show that the architecture can lead to poor performance due to steam and concentration disturbances. An alternative architecture is then proposed which overcomes the difficulties.
Relation: 17th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2008). Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (Seoul, Korea 6-11 July, 2008) p. 13919-13924
Relation: http://www.ifac-papersonline.net/Detailed/38039.html
Date: 2008
Publisher: IFAC
Keyword(s): evaporators; steam; control architecture; performance
Resource Type: conference paper
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/802513
Identifier: ISBN:9781123478902

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