ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
A novel approach for stabilizing the intermediate steady state of a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) is proposed by using a special type of periodic forced operation, the so-called mediating operation. The mediating operation enables new additional steady states for which one of the new intermediate steady states is stable to be produced. Thus the proposed approach employs a periodic forcing for stabilization of a selected steady state by control of a steady-state multiplicity. The feed flow rate is considered to be a manipulated variable. Changing CSTR multiplicity is investigated for two-step control inputs. It is shown, analytically, that under two-step control CSTR can exhibit at most five steady states with a stable intermediate steady state. A constructive procedure is proposed for finding control parameters corresponding to maximal multiplicity, that is, for stabilizing an intermediate steady state by two-step control.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690430323
