Adaptive Control of Chemical Processes 1985: Proceedings of the IFAC Workshop, Frankfurt/Main, 21-22 October 1985(IFAC Workshop Series)

Presents reports on recent industrial applications, experiences and advances in the use of adaptive and self-tuning control in chemical and related processes. Material covered includes new, practically orientated adaptive control algorithms as well as the control of various chemical plants such as distillation columns, chemical reactors, drying and bleaching plants, plastic extruders and wastewater neutralization plants. Contains 34 papers.

Table of Contents:
Design and Testing of a Nonlinear Adaptive Controller for a Flocculation Process Integral Action and Mode Transitions in Self-Tuning Process Control On PID Controller Tuning Using Orthonornal Series Identification A Novel Dead-Time Adaptive Controller Adaptive Control of a Recycle Reactor Adaptive Control of Complex Chemical Engineering Processes with Uncomplete Output Information An Approach for Adaptive-Predictive Control Adaptive Inferential Control for Chemical Processes Adaptive Control of a Liquid-Liquid Extractor A Concept of Industrial Adaptive Control Based on Robust Design Principle and Multi Model Approach Nonparametric Identification of the CO Conversion Process Adaptive Control of a Variable Dead Time Process with an Integrator Industrial Comparison of an Auto-Tuned PID Regulator and an Adaptive Predictive Control System (APCS) Training Software for Adaptive Control Robust LQ Adaptive Controller for Industrial Processes Adaptive Automatic Control of Reaction Speed in Exothermal Batch Processes Adaptive Pole-Placement Control of a Batch Polymer Reactor Adaptive Internal Model Control and Its Application to a Batch Polymerization Reactor Feedforward Adaption to Control Processes in Chemical Engineering On the Application of Parameter Adaptive Control Systems for Industrial Processes Experiments with Self-Tuning Controllers in Chemical Plants Adaptive Control in Practice: Possibilities and Constraints Self-Tuning Control of a Binary Distillation Column-A Simulation Test Case Adaptive Control of a Waste Water Neutralization Process - Control Concept, Implementation and Practical Experiences Self-Tuning Controllers for Nonlinear Systems Multivariable Adaptive Setpoint Tracking of a Chemical Reactor Tracking Multimodel Control of Distillation Processes Multivariable Adaptive Control of a Binary Distillation Column Sparse Process Modeling for Robust Adaptive Surveillance and Control of a Binary Distillation Column Experimental Application of a Multivariable Self-Tuning Controller to a Multicomponent Distillation Column Self-Tuning Control Applied to an Industrial Distillation Column The Application of Self-Tuning Control to an Industrial PVC Batch Reactor Design of Adaptive Fast-Sampling Digital Set-Point Tracking Controllers Incorporating Recursive Step-Response Matrix Identifiers for Unstable Multivariable Plants Automatic Tuning of PID Controllers Based on Dominant Pole Design Author Index List of Contributors