UKACC- Control'96 (Exeter), 2-5 September 1996

Invited Sessions Programme

Organizer: Dr Diane Rossiter (nee Biss), Loughborough University, UK

Advances in Process Control I Program: Control Structure Selection in Control Design Session 3C
Tuesday, 3 September 14:00-15:40
Chair: Dr D Rossiter, Co-chair: Dr S P Walsh

1. Selection of feedback variables for implementing optimizing control schemes
K Havre, J Morud and S Skogestad
Department of Chemical Engineering, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway

2. Input screening techniques for disturbance rejection
Y Cao and D.Rossiter
School of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU

3. optimisation and process controllability analysis
S Chenery and S P Walsh
Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7 2BY, UK

4. Control structure selection for heat integrated distillation column
J E Hansen, J Heath (ICSTM) and S B Jorgensen
Department of Chemical Engineering, DTH, Denmark

5. On the controllability of svd control structures
M Sagfors and K Waller
Process Control Laboratory, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Advances in Process Control II Program Performance Monitoring and Identification for Control Session 6C
Wednesday, 4 September 11:00-12:40
Chair: Professor S Skogestad, Co-chair: Dr K E Haggblom

1. Multimodel identification for control of an ill-conditioned distillation column
K E Haggblom and J M Boling
Process Control Laboratory, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

2. System identification via genetic programming
C Bancroft, M J Willis and M T Tham
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

3. A framework for process design and control
M J Mohideen, J D Perkins and E N Pistokopoulos
Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7 2BY, UK

4. Nonlinear performance monitoring
J Zhang, E B Martin and A J Morris
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

5. Effect of RHP zeros and poles on performance in multivariable systems
K Havre, and S Skogestad
Department of Chemical Engineering, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway

Advances in Process Control III: Modelling and Control of Chemical Processes Session 8C Thursday, 5 September 11:00-12:40
Chair: Professor S Feyo de Azevedo, Co-chair: Professor C Scali

1. Simulation and control of a multiple effect evaporator in sugar production
K M Neilsen, T S Pedersen and J F D Neilsen
Department of Control Engineering, Aalborg University, DK 9220 Aalborg, Denmark

2. Analysis and nonlinear model predictive control of the Chylla-Haase benchmark problem
A Helbig, O Abel, A M'hamdi and W Marquandt
Lehrstuhl fur Prozesstechnik, RWTH Aachen, 52056 Aachen, Germany

3. Nonlinear H-infinity control of a high purity distillation column
A Rehm and F Allgower
Institut fur Systemdynamik und Regelungstechnik, Universitat Stuttgart, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany

4. Adaptive linearising control of bioreactors
E C Ferreira and S Feyo de Azevedo
Departmento de Engenharia Química, Universidade do Porto, 4099 Porto Codex, Portugal

5. Tuning of decentralized multiloop controllers by a relay technique advantages in application to chemical processes
C Scali and D Semino
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pisa, 2-56126 Pisa, Italy