Application of Fuzzy Control to a Batch Reactor

• Published in: KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 433 - 437
• Main Authors: Matsumoto, Masaya, Katoh, Naotake, Yamamoto, Shigehiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan 1991
• Subjects: Batch Reactor; Cellulose Pyrolysis; Exothermic Reaction; Fuzzy Control; PID Control

Fuzzy control is adopted for an exothermic batch reactor for which operation is most difficult in chemical processes. Both simulation and experiments are carried out for a cellulose pyrolysis reactor. Results showed that a nonlinear control algorithm derived from fuzzy control theory is useful in th...