Model Predictive Monitoring for Batch Processes

In the procedure to monitor a new batch using the method proposed by Nomikos and MacGregor [AIChE J. 1994, 40 (8), 1361−1375], an assumption about the unknown future samples in the batch has to be taken. This work demonstrates that using the missing data option and solving the score estimation problem with an appropriate method are equivalent to the use of an accurate adaptive forecast model for the future samples over the shrinking horizon of the remainder of the batch. The dynamic properties of the principal component analysis (PCA) model are illustrated by re-expressing the projection model as a time-varying multivariate prediction model. The benefits of using the missing data estimation option are analyzed by contrasting it with other options on the basis of (i) the accuracy of the forecast done for the unknown samples, (ii) the quality of the score estimates, and (iii) the detection performance during monitoring. Because of the tremendous structural information built into these multivariate PCA model...

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