Input saturation effects in optimizing control—inclusion within a simultaneous optimization framework

Optimizing control involves the continual adjustment of the plant operating point to coincide with the economic optimum, subject to prevailing constraints. While the economic optimum generally lies at the intersection of process constraints, the operating point would in practice need to be located a suitable distance into the feasible region to ensure feasibility in the face of unmeasured disturbances. This paper addresses the calculation of …