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Control of an industrial polymerization reactor using flatness

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Nonlinear control in the year 2000 volume 2

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We present our work on the APPRYL PP2 polypropylene plant. We give a physical nonlinear model of the system with a delay on one of the two inputs. This model is flat. Using this flatness property, we show how to design a controller capable of fast and precise transients. Industrial results prove the relevance of our approach. Our controller is in full service since July 1999.

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  1. Centre Automatique et Systèmes, École des Mines de Paris, 60, bd. Saint-Michel, 75272, Paris Cedex 06, France

    Nicolas Petit & Pierre Rouchon

  2. Centre Technique Atochem, Chemin de la Lône BP 32, 69492, Pierre Bénite Cedex, France

    Jean-Michel Boueilh & Frédéric Guérin

  3. APPRYL, Usine PP2, BP 21, 13117, Lavéra, France

    Philippe Pinvidic

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Alberto Isidori Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue Witold Respondek

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Petit, N., Rouchon, P., Boueilh, JM., Guérin, F., Pinvidic, P. (2001). Control of an industrial polymerization reactor using flatness. In: Isidori, A., Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, F., Respondek, W. (eds) Nonlinear control in the year 2000 volume 2. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 259. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0110305

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