Process parameter estimation and temperature control of a reactor with high thermal inertia

Abstract

This research was done for temperature control of a reactor with high thermal inertia. The reactor chamber temperature is required to be critically controlled at 3000C. A non-linear thermodynamic model was developed, and process parameters were estimated to comply with experimental data by numerical optimization. In practice, a single sensor control system is the only possible option for this reactor. Therefore, the cascade controller was implemented with a predicted temperature reading.