A New Merging Method of Optimal Control Synthesis for Distributed Parameter Systems

A new convenient method to synthesize optimal control for distributed parameter systems is presented. Merging the two conventional optimal control synthesis schemes based on partial differential and integral equations, the new method generates the optimal control when applied to an unsteady state tubular reactor model. For this type of optimal control problems, we found that the new method is more efficient than the conventional methods in computing procedure and in computing time.