Semi-Empirical Modelling and Predictive Tracking Control of the Mass Flow in a Pilot-Scale Tubular Reactor

Abstract In this paper a model for a pilot-scale tubular reactor is developed using aggregated-parameters. The resulting model is a linear-varying system with time-varying delay, with the delay in the state. This model is simulated and compared to the results obtained from experiments performed on a pilot-scale tubular reactor. In order to design a tracking control and considering the characteristics of the resulting model, predictive control techniques are used. A tracking controller using the block control technique is proposed and is applied during simulation, the results are shown.

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