Model Based Control: Case Studies in Process Engineering, By: Arpad Imre-Lucaci, Mircea Vasile Cristea, P.S.Agashi, and Zoltan K.Nagy. November 10, 2006 | ISBN-10: 3527315454 | ISBN-13: 978-3527315451 | Edition: 1 | PDF | 5.06 MB
Filling a gap in the literature for a practical approach to the topic,
this book is unique in including a whole section of case studies presenting a
wide range of applications from polymerization reactors and bioreactors, to
distillation column and complex fluid catalytic cracking units. A section of
general tuning guidelines of MPC is also present. These thus aid readers in
facilitating the implementation of MPC in process engineering and automation.
At the same time many theoretical, computational and implementation aspects of
model-based control are explained, with a look at both linear and nonlinear
model predictive control. Each chapter presents details related to the modeling
of the process as well as the implementation of different model-based control approaches,
and there is also a discussion of both the dynamic behavior and the economics
of industrial processes and plants. The book is unique in the broad coverage of
different model based control strategies and in the variety of applications
presented. A special merit of the book is in the included library of dynamic
models of several industrially relevant processes, which can be used by both
the industrial and academic community to study and implement advanced control
strategies.
About Authors:
Professor Paul Serban Agachi graduated 1970 in Control
Engineering at the Politehnica University of Bucharest and obtained his Ph.D.
in Chemical Engineering from the University for Petroleum & Gas in
Ploiesti, Romania. His professional experience ranges from design engineer and
system analyst in process control design to researcher in fuel cells, process
modeling, optimization and control, and also professor of process control at
the Department of Chemical Engineering of Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca.
He was visiting associate at California Institute of Technology, invited
professor at E?tv?s Lorand University, UNESCO Higher Education consultant,
member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania, chair of CAPE Forum
2005, and co-chair of ESCAPE 17. He has published 7 books and 85 scientific
papers.
Zoltan K. Nagy received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca in 1995 and 2001, respectively, where is
currently working. Between 1999 and 2005 he was research associate and visiting
lecturer in different international research teams, e.g., at ETH Z?rich, the
University of Heidelberg, the University of Stuttgart, and the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He worked on industrial implementation of
model-based control strategies with companies such as BASF and ABB, and has
published over 60 papers in the field.
Cristea Vasile Mircea graduated the Faculty of Electrotechnics, Romania, with
specialization on process control and computer science and holds a Ph.D. degree
in process control. After 8 years spent in industry he is at present Associate
Professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca; his interests lie in systems
theory, chemical process control, advanced process control, data acquisition
and control, linear and nonlinear model based predictive control, and fuzzy
control. He was director of CNCSIS Projects and has published 3 books as well
as over 55 scientific papers.
Arpad Imre-Lucaci received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering
from Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca in 1985 and 1999, respectively.
Since 1988 he has worked in the Chemical Engineering Department of BBU
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and spent research stays at University of Stuttgart
(1994) and ETH Zurich (in 2002 and 2003). His main research fields are
mathematical modeling, simulation and optimization in process industries, on
which he has published over 20 scientific papers.
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