MATLAB program for simulation and control of the continuous stirred tank reactor

Abstract

The paper shows advantages of the computer technology for the simulation of the technological system's behaviour and control. The technological process here is represented by the Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) as a typical member of a nonlinear lumped-parameters system widely used in the industry. The computer simulation has great importance nowadays with the decreasing value of the computer components together with the growing computer speed. The adaptive control used here fulfils all basic control requirements and it can be used for the systems with nonlinear behaviour. The benefit of this paper can be found in the simulation program made in mathematical software MATLAB with the use of Graphical User Interface (GUI) that provides user possibilities to examine simulations without changing of the program code.