Application of the cascade control method for a continuous stirred tank reactor

Abstract

The paper presents the control design of a continuous stirred tank reactor based on a combination of the cascade control and the adaptive control methologies. The control system consists of the primary a secondary control loops. The primary controlled output of the reactor is a concentration of the main reaction product, and, the secondary output is the reactant temperataure. The design of the nonlinear P-controller in the primary control loop is based on a steady-state analysis of the reactor. The controller in the secondary control-loop is an adaptive controller. The paper contains a larger number of simulations documenting suitability of the proposed method. © 2014 North Atlantic University Union. All rights reserved.