Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.9, No.1, 58-64, 2001
Considering process nonlinearity in dual-point composition control of a high-purity ideal heat integrated distillation column
Dual-point composition control for a high-purity ideal heat integrated distillation column (HIDiC) is addressed in this work. Three measures are suggested and combined for overcoming process inherent nonlinearities: (1) variable scaling; (2) multi-model representation of process dynamics and (3) feedforward compensation. These strategies can offer the developed control systems with several distinct advantages: (1) capability of dealing with severe disturbances; (2) tight tuning of controller parameters and (3) high robustness with respect to variation of operating conditions. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.
Keywords:distillation;nonlinearity;variable scaling;multi-model representation;feedforward compensation;process control;closed-loop simulation