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Computationally effective optimization methods for complex process control and scheduling problems
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Over the years, how to reduce the operational cost, raise the profit and enhance the operational safety attracts tremendous interests in the chemical and petroleum industry. Since the regulatory control strategy may not achieve such rigorous requirements, higher level process control activities,...
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Estimation and control of froth flotation units used in Coal Handling and Preparation Plants (CHPPs)
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The processing of coal in coal handling and preparation plants (CHPPs) produces a significant amount of valuable fine coal which is then recovered using froth flotation. As froth flotation units are regulated using simple, conventional control methods the application of modern control methods is...
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Fall 2022
Increasingly faced with sustainability and profitability objectives, chemical process plants have become very complex with many operating constraints. To achieve these objectives, a high level of automation is required. Unfortunately, the ability of the automated controllers to ensure that the...
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Spring 2012
The main focus of this thesis is on developing parsimonious models using measured process data and subsequent use of these models in the design of controllers for chemical engineering processes, in particular, for processes with large dead times. The application case studies presented and...
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Improved Model Predictive Control Design for Current-Source and Voltage-Source Motor Drives
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The linear control structure shows limited bandwidth for high-performance ac drive applications and also it is difficult to deal with complex systems with multi-objective optimization demand and nonlinear, high-order characteristics. With the development of more powerful digital platforms and the...
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Model Predictive Control of Non-Isothermal Dispersive Chemical Tubular Reactors with Recycle Flow
DownloadFall 2020
Tubular reactors have widespread applications in petrochemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical unit operations. The design of a control law, which accounts for stabilization of the concentration and the temperature of the chemical component during the reaction in an isothermal/non-isothermal...
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Spring 2017
Paper-making processes are large-scale two-dimensional systems. For these systems, the performance along both the machine direction (MD) and cross direction (CD) needs to be ensured for successful paper production. This thesis studies the robust tuning problem of MD and CD Model Predictive...
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Spring 2014
Over the past few decades, several active traffic control methods have been developed and implemented to mitigate freeway congestion. Among them, Variable Speed Limit (VSL) is considered the most efficient control method. In addition, the latest advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems...