<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) is the productive part in different chemical and process industries, and hence there is a need to control this process at desired optimum conditions of temperature and concentration. This paper deals with modelling and constrained control of a CSTR that minimises the processing time. Modelling consisted in performing the mass and heat balances of the CSTR system. Different controllers (time optimal, PID) were then applied to this non-linear system and compared within the boundaries of the control input and states. A theoretical case study was solved numerically using the orthogonal collocations method and simulations, resulting in a comparison of different controllers.</p></abstract>

Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) is the productive part in different chemical and process industries, and hence there is a need to control this process at desired optimum conditions of temperature and concentration. This paper deals with modelling and constrained control of a CSTR that minimises the processing time. Modelling consisted in performing the mass and heat balances of the CSTR system. Different controllers (time optimal, PID) were then applied to this non-linear system and compared within the boundaries of the control input and states. A theoretical case study was solved numerically using the orthogonal collocations method and simulations, resulting in a comparison of different controllers.

Comparative study of Time Optimal Controller with PID Controller for a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor

Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, 81237 Bratislava, Slovakia

Acta Chimica Slovaca

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Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) is the productive part in different chemical and process industries, and hence there is a need to control this process...

Comparative study of Time Optimal Controller with PID Controller for a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor

Published Online: Jun 15, 2015

Page range: 27 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acs-2015-0006

Keywords
CSTR, mathematical modelling, constrained optimisation, PID control, time optimal control

© Ayush Sharma et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Comparative study of Time Optimal Controller with PID Controller for a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor

Published Online: Jun 15, 2015

Page range: 27 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acs-2015-0006

KeywordsCSTR, mathematical modelling, constrained optimisation, PID control, time optimal control

© Ayush Sharma et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
CSTR, mathematical modelling, constrained optimisation, PID control, time optimal control