Robust temperature control for batch chemical reactors

Since batch chemical reactors exhibit an integrating response, temperature control for these systems can be a real problem for conventional PID controllers. Tuning can be extremely difficult due to the reduced stability margins proved for this type of processes. In this work, a simple robust control strategy for temperature regulation in batch and semi-batch chemical reactors is proposed. The feedback controller is composed by an approximate I/O linearizing feedback equipped with a calorimetric balance estimator. Based on standard results from singular perturbations, it is proven that the proposed feedback controller (i) can track a bounded temperature trajectory as close as desired (i.e., practical stability) by adjusting a single estimation parameter, and (ii) after a short transient, the performance of the exact I/O linearizing feedback can be recovered as the calorimetric balance estimation rate is increased.

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