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Controllability Of Lumped Parameter Chemical Reactors, Rafael Maya-Yescas
Controllability Of Lumped Parameter Chemical Reactors, Rafael Maya-Yescas
Rafael Maya-Yescas
Although there have been several attempts to develop systematic evaluation of control schemes, the choosing and pairing of control variables in chemical reactors is not an easy task. Intrinsic nonlinearities of this kind of systems provoke dynamic responses that are difficult to predict. In this paper, a simple proposition for the evaluation of pairs of control and manipulated variables is developed for nonlinear control affine systems. It compliments the RGA analysis for nonlinear systems because is based on the relationship between zero dynamics and control stability. The resulting strategy is simple, easy to understand and easy to apply for the …