Control and Monitoring of Chemical Batch Reactors

• Main Authors: Caccavale, Fabrizio (Author), Iamarino, Mario (Author), Pierri, Francesco (Author), Tufano, Vincenzo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Industrial Control,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemical engineering.; Control engineering.; Control.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

Methodological and technological problems related to batch chemical reactors are often very challenging and require contributions from experts in several disciplines (chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, control engineering, measurement and sensing). A number of problems have to be ta...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Modeling of Chemical Batch Reactors
• Identification of Kinetic Parameters
• Model-based Control
• Fault Diagnosis
• Conclusions and New Directions.