Integration of Optimization and Model Predictive Control of an Intensified Continuous Three-Phase Catalytic Reactor
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Li Shi
Abstract
Intensified continuous three-phase catalytic reactors working in high-pressure and -temperature conditions are particularly effective at coping with mass transfer limitations during three-phase catalytic reactions. They are highly nonlinear, multivariable systems and behave differently from conventional batch, fed-batch or continuous non-intensified reactors. This paper deals with an integration of real-time optimization and model predictive control (RTO–MPC) of an intensified continuous three-phase catalytic reactor. A steady-state model developed by regression method is used in optimization layer and gives the reference trajectory for control layer. At control layer, a linear MPC is proposed based on identified state space model. The performance of RTO–MPC is illustrated by simulation
Funding statement: Research funding: Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, SQT1302; Shandong Provence Natural Science Foundation, ZR2011FQ004.
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