extended kalman filtering (ekf) is a nonlinear dynamic data reconciliation (nddr) method. one of its main advantages is its suitability for on-line applications. this paper presents an on-line nddr method using ekf. it is implemented for two case studies, temperature measurements of a distillation column and concentration measurements of a cstr. in each time step, random numbers with zero mean ...

in general, the objective of distillation control is to maintain the desired products quality. in this paper, the performances of different one point control strategies for an aromatic distillation column have been compared through dynamic simulation. these methods are: a) composition control using measured composition directly. this method sufferes from large sampling delay of measuring device...

The esterification reaction between acetic acid and butanol was investigated in a reactive distillation column. The thermodynamic aspects of considered system are discussed, equilibrium constant, vapor pressures and UNIQUAC interaction parameters were investigated. Reactive distillation experiments were carried out to provide high purity butyl acetate. For this purpose, a 2 m column with nonrea...

An unconstrained model predictive control (MPC) strategy is presented for single input-single output (SISO) control of a reactive distillation column. The predictive model of the MPC is based on the autoregressive moving average (ARX) model structure, whose parameters are updated on-line using the process measurement information. The design and performance of the control strategy is evaluated b...

The stringent quality requirement of petroleum products in highly competitive markets makes on-line controlling of distillation composition essential. In this paper, a novel method using sensitivity matrix analysis and kernel ridge regression to implement on-line estimation of distillation compositions is proposed. In the approach, the sensitivity matrix analysis is presented to select the most...