Self-Tuning and Adaptive Controllers: An Application to Catalytic Reactor Control

Abstract

Self-tuning control is a natural coupling of stochastic control theory with on-line parameter estimation techniques. This paper reviews much of the relevant theory of these controllers, presents a fairly thorough discussion of some of the practical considerations that are useful in implementing these, and applies it in various forms to the control of a highly exothermic packed bed, tubular reactor.