Multivariable stochastic control of a pilot plant packed bed tubular reactor

Multivariable regulatory computer control of the concentrations of three independent species at the exit of a pilot plant packed bed tubular reactor for the hydrogenolysis of butane is successfully carried out using only temperature measurements along the central axis of the reactor. A low order linearized state space model for the reactor system is developed from basic material and energy balances, and the unknown parameters of the system are …