Simulation of adaptive control of a tubular chemical reactor

Abstract

The paper deals with continuous-time adaptive control of a tubular chemical reactor with the countercurrent cooling as a nonlinear single input - single output process. The nonlinear model of the reactor is approximated by an external linear model with parameters estimated via corresponding delta model. The control system structure with two feedback controllers is considered. The resulting controllers are derived using the polynomial approach. The method is tested on a mathematical model of the tubular chemical reactor.