Control of a catalytic fluid cracker

Arbel, A; Huang, Z; Rinard, I; Shinnar, R

doi:10.2172/10117087

Title: Control of a catalytic fluid cracker

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Control offers an important tool for savings in refineries, mainly by integration of process models into on-line control. This paper is part of a research effort to better understand problems of partial control; control of a Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC) is used as example. Goal is to understand better the control problems of an FCC in context of model based control of a refinery, and to understand the general problem of designing partial control systems.

Authors:: Arbel, A; Huang, Z; Rinard, I; Shinnar, R

Publication Date:: Mon Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 1993

Research Org.:: City Coll., New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 10117087

Report Number(s):: DOE/ER/14221-4
ON: DE94005603; BR: KC0401030

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-91ER14221

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 13 Dec 1993

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; CATALYTIC CRACKING; CONTROL; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTROL THEORY; 020400; PROCESSING

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