Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors, Distillation Columns and Batch Processes (DYCORD+'89)

Section headings and selected papers: Introduction. Summary. Plenary Paper. Control of Continuous Reactors I. Robustness of nonlinear decoupling in a polypropene reactor, B Lie & J G Balchen. Miscellaneous Batch Processes. Extended horizon control of an epitaxy furnace, J Bordeneuve et al. Distillation Columns I. Model-based control systems for distillation columns, F F Rhiel et al. Plenary Paper II. Control of Distillation Processes. Control of a heat-integrated complex distillation configuration, S S Ding & W L Luyben. Control of Miscellaneous Batch Processes. The application of finite automata theory to sequential control of chemical processes, H A Preisig. Dynamics of Continuous Reactors. Estimation of the reaction rate in a packed-bed reactor, K M Hangos et al. Plenary Paper III. Control of Distillation Columns I. Control of binary high-purity distillation columns, J A Wachter & R P Andres. AI-Techniques Applied to Chemical Reactors. Fermentation Processes. Off-line estimation of kinetic parameters in batch fermentation, G H Heuskinkveld. Plenary Paper IV. Control of Continuous Reactors II. AI-Techniques in Distillation Control. Miscellaneous Separation Processes. Derivation of state-space models of continuous crystallizers, S de Wolf et al. Distillation Columns II. Miscellaneous Continuous Processes. Productivity enhancements in distillation, operation, design and control, V G Grassi II. Batch Reactors. Control of Distillation Columns II. On target control for high purity distillation processes, E J Longwell et al. Sequence Control. Optimization of Batch Reactor Operation II. Author index. K