Approximate predictive versus self-tuning adaptive control strategies of biodiesel reactors

• Main Authors: Mjalli, F.S., Hussain, Mohd Azlan
• Format: Article
• Published: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2009
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/7033/; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-73349095686&partnerID=40&md5=31f504ff2f8023918a42cfe45f2e2bc9
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Producing biodiesel from palm oil as a raw material involves complex transesterification reactions which add up to the process nonlinearity. In this work, more emphasis will be focused on the reactor nonlinearity and ways of solving its control problem. The reactor nonlinearity is addressed via the...