Linear Model Predictive Control for a Reactive Dividing Wall Column

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Publikationsdatum
2020-05
Sprache
English
Author
Horsch, Anna Sophia 
Egger, Lisa Sophie 
Fieg, Georg 
Institut
Prozess- und Anlagentechnik V-4 
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/7264
Start Page
1060
End Page
1065
Article Number
9143682
Citation
European Control Conference, (ECC 2020): 1060-1065 (2020)
Contribution to Conference
European Control Conference, ECC 2020 
Publisher DOI
10.23919/ECC51009.2020
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85090136208
Reactive dividing wall columns (RDWCs) facilitate the combination of at least three unit operations into one apparatus: a chemical reactor and several thermal separation units. This kind of process intensification holds great opportunities, like the reduction of both capital as well as operational costs. Yet, it is accompanied by strong interactions, superimposed effects and complex dynamics. This makes the design of adequate control concepts for the RDWC challenging. The unique properties of the RDWC suggest that this system is very well suited to be operated with model-based multivariable control. In this work, a model predictive controller (MPC) is setup and tested for an enzymatic transesterification reaction and subsequent separation in an RDWC.