Dynamic simulation and control of an integrated gasifier/reformer system. Part II: Discrete and model predictive control

Part I of this series presented an analysis of a multi-loop proportional-integral (PI) control system for an integrated coal gasifier/steam methane reformer system, operating in both counter-current and co-current configurations, for syngas production in a flexible polygeneration plant. In this work, a discrete-PI control system and an offset-free linear model predictive controller (MPC) are presented for the co-current configuration to address …