OPTIMAL CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CHEMICAL REACTORS.

Abstract

The synthesis of optimal control of distributed parameter processes governed by a system of simultaneous partial differential equations of the first-order in two independent and n dependent variables is considered. The theory on necessary conditions for optimal control, the computational algorithm based on the first-order variations, and the method of characteristics are applied to the optimal control of a plug-flow tubular reactor with non-linear chemical kinetics. Optimal response to oscillatory feed disturbances is also investigated. In some cases it may be desirable to operate under intentionally oscillatory input conditions. Extensive numerical computations are presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655468

Entities

People

  • Kun S. Chang

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactors
  • Computations
  • Continuous Chemical Reactors
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Kinetics
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Partial Differential Equations

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Control Systems Engineering.