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Recently, in a paper of Chylla and Haase [2], a model of a multiproduct semibatch polymerization reactor has been developed which is representative of those found in the speciality chemical processing industry. One of the aims in these processes is to keep a certain reaction temperature setpoint, in order to fit the quality requirements for the polymer.
In the present paper, the optimal solutions of the underlying optimal control problems of the Chylla-Haase reactor, which have been computed by a new direct multiple shooting method, are discussed. It can be shown that the first of the two products for which physical data are given in [2] can be controlled along its required constant reaction temperature setpoint while, for the second product, this cannot be achieved because of certain mathematical and technical reasons.
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Hinsberger, H., Miesbach, S., Pesch, H.J. (1996). Optimal Temperature Control of Semibatch Polymerization Reactors. In: Keil, F., Mackens, W., Voß, H., Werther, J. (eds) Scientific Computing in Chemical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80149-5_9
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