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Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, vol.31, no.4, pp.499-505, 1998 (SCI-Expanded)
The optimal temperature control of a batch jacketed free radical polymerization reactor with self-tuning PID and conventional PID control methods are considered. The controller is implemented on a digital computer to track precalculated optimal temperature trajectories obtained for different initiator initiation concentration in a batch styrene polymerization reactor. The performance of the self-tuning controller is compared against that of a PID controller. Self-tuning controller provides good, robust control in despite of the nonlinear dynamics of the polymerization reactor system. The optimal temperature control of a batch jacketed free radical polymerization reactor with self-tuning PID and conventional PID control methods are considered. The controller is implemented on a digital computer to track precalculated optimal temperature trajectories obtained for different initiator initiation concentration in a batch styrene polymerization reactor. The performance of the self-tuning controller is compared against that of a PID controller. Self-tuning controller provides good, robust control in despite of the nonlinear dynamics of the polymerization reactor system.