Composition linear control in stirred tank chemical reactors

Abstract

This work studies loop control composition in continuous chemical reactors with simple structures, due to its large acceptance in chemical industry. A linear cascade composition control (master/slave) is proposed, designed with basic control structures based on Laplace tools. Two configurations are designed, which were evaluated in a dynamic model of continuous stirred tank. From a stability analysis it is noted that, for such configurations, system assent time is 7 to 8 times reduced if compared to the assent time without loop control. Besides, the system shows a good performance when coming to the asked reference. Implementation of such control configurations can solve the problem of loop control composition. © 2006 Springer.