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Advances in Chemical Process Control and Operation -A view experienced in joint university-industry projects

  • Ohshima, Masahiro
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.1.2-6
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    • 1994
  • A state or the arts in Japanese chemical process control is reviewed based on experience in applying advanced process control schemes to several industrial chemical processes. The applications validate model predictive control (MPC), the most popular advanced control scheme in the process control community, as, indeed, a powerful and practical control algorithm. However, at the same time, it is elucidated that MPC can solve only the control algorithm part of the problem and one needs chemical and systems engineering aspects to solve the entire problem. By illustrating several industrial process control problems, the need for chemical engineering aspects as well as the future direction for process control are addressed, especially in light or current attitudes toward product quality.

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Property Control in a Continuous MMA Polymerization Reactor using EKF based Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller

  • Ahn, Sung-Mo;Park, Myung-June;Rhee, Hyun-Ku
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.468-473
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    • 1998
  • A mathematical model was developed for a continuous re-actor in which free radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) occurred. Elementary reactions considered in this study were initiation, propagation, termination, and chain transfers to monomer and solvent. The reactor model took into account the density change of the reactor contents and the gel effect. A control system was designed for a continuous reactor using extended Kalman filter (EKF) based non-linear model predictive controller (NLMPC) to control the conversion and the weight average molecular weight of the polymer product. Control input variables were the jacket inlet temperature and the feed flow rate. For the purpose of validation of the control strategy, on-line digital control experiments were conducted with densitometer and viscometer for the measurement of the polymer properties. Despite the com-plex and nonlinear features of the polymerization reaction system, the EKF based NLMPC performed quite satisfactorily for the property control of the continuous polymerization reactor.

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Factors Affecting the Internal Control System: A Case Study of Chemical Enterprises in Vietnam

  • NGO, Hoang Thanh;NGUYEN, Tung Dao;NGUYEN, Nga Thuy Thi;DAO, Ha Ngoc;VU, Anh Phuong Tran
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.12
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    • pp.371-376
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    • 2021
  • The article analyzes the impact of factors affecting the internal control system of chemical enterprises in Vietnam, providing more empirical evidence on factors affecting the system of internal control. Research data is collected in the form of face-to-face interviews and email interviews with managers and employees working in different positions, managers at all levels, chief accountants, and accountants of 52 chemical enterprises in Vietnam. The survey results collected 310 questionnaires. After eliminating the invalid questionnaires due to many blank cells, the authors chose to use 297 questionnaires. Quantitative research was carried out with SPSS 25 software. Research results show that Business Strategy, Organizational Structure, Organization's perception of the instability of the external environment, and Organizational culture are the factors that positively affect the internal control system of chemical enterprises. This can be explained that, for chemical enterprises, Business strategy, Organizational structure, Organization's perception of the instability of the external environment, and Good organizational culture will positively impact the internal control system of chemical enterprises. Based on the research results, the authors have proposed recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of the internal control system of chemical enterprises in Vietnam, thereby contributing to improving the performance of enterprises in the chemical Vietnamese.

Analytical design of constraint handling optimal two parameter internal model control for dead-time processes

  • Tchamna, Rodrigue;Qyyum, Muhammad Abdul;Zahoor, Muhammad;Kamga, Camille;Kwok, Ezra;Lee, Moonyong
    • Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.356-367
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    • 2019
  • This work presents an advanced and systematic approach to analytically design the optimal parameters of a two parameter second-order internal model control (IMC) filter that satisfies operational constraints on the output process, the manipulated variable as well as rate of change of the manipulated variable, for a first-order plus dead time (FOPDT) process. The IMC parameters are designed to minimize a control objective function composed of the weighted sum of the error between the process variable and the set point, and the rate of change of the manipulated variable, and to satisfy the desired constraints. The feasible region of the constrained IMC control parameters was graphically analyzed, as the process parameters and the constraints varied. The resulting constrained IMC control parameters were also used to find the corresponding industrial proportional-integral controller parameters of a Smith predictor structure.

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Using a Wiener model in a Continuous Polymerization Reactor

  • Jeong, Boong-Goon;Yoo, Kee-Youn;Rhee, Hyun-Ku
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.10a
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    • pp.49-52
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    • 1999
  • A subspace-based identification method of the Wiener model, consisting of a state-space linear block and a polynomial static nonlinearity at the output, is used to retrieve from discrete sample data the accurate information about the nonlinear dynamics. Wiener model may be incorporated into model predictive control (MPC) schemes in a unique way which effectively removes the nonlinearity from the control problem, preserving many of the favorable properties of linear MPC. The control performance is evaluated with simulation studies where the original first-principles model for a continuous MMA polymerization reactor is used as the true process while the identified Wiener model is used for the control purpose. On the basis of the simulation results, it is demonstrated that, despite the existence of unmeasured disturbance, the controller performed quite satisfactorily for the control of polymer qualities with constraints.

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Development of Multi-Chemical Supply System for Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning Station

  • Chung, Myung-Jin;Song, Young-Wook
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1309-1312
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    • 2005
  • A multi-chemical supply system is developed and applied to a wet station, which uses the multi-chemical process in one bath. To control the concentration of two chemicals, control logic of a supply pump is programmed using the programable logic controller (PLC). By using the multi-chemical supply system, wet station with single bath is applied to cleaning process using multi chemicals such as buffed oxide etchant (BOE) and standard clean 1 (SC-1). The concentration of each chemical is measured in the bath to verify the multi-chemical supply system. The control range in the each chemical concentration is measured to 1.33weight% in NH4OH and 0.23weight% in H2O2. The multi-chemical supply system can be movable and usable as an independent module of fixed wet station. By simply midifying the PLC, a multi-chemical supply system can be developed for a wet station.

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A Brief Review of the Legal Definition of Chemical Accident under the Current Chemical Substances Control Act (화학물질관리법상 화학사고 정의에 관한 소고)

  • Jihoon Park;Seon-Oh Park;Hyojin Park;Hye-Ok Kwon
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.179-182
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    • 2023
  • The Chemical Substances Control Act has been legislated to counter the risks posed by chemical substances to public health and the environment, but a number of small- and large-scaled incidents related to hazardous chemicals continue to occur every year. The Korean Ministry of Environment takes legal responsibility for prevention, preparedness, and response to nationwide chemical accidents under the Chemical Substances Control Act. The determination of chemical accidents that occur during hazardous chemical handling processes is based on the Article 2 (Definitions) of the law and the administrative criteria for judgement of chemical accidents. However, there are certain ambiguities in the scientific basis for determining chemical accidents under the current regulations. Whether or not a chemical accident has a direct influence on penalties and administrative measures for a workplace where an accident occurred, it is necessary to find reasonable criteria for determining chemical accident based on legal and scientific evidence.

Application of sucessive quadratic programming to chemical process control

  • Cho, In-Ho;Yoon, En-Sup
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1988.10b
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    • pp.879-884
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    • 1988
  • For more economical operation of chemical plants, optimal operating conditions are to be set and maintained as far as possible. For this purpose, optimizing control is applied to chemical plants. In this study, a process optimizer composed of a process simulator and an optimization routine using Successive Quadratic Programming as optimization technique is developed and the effect of optimizing control is tested on an example process, and a new process optimization strategy based on modified Jacobian matrix is developed.

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A fuzzy dynamic learning controller for chemical process control

  • Song, Jeong-Jun;Park, Sun-Won
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1991.10b
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    • pp.1950-1955
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    • 1991
  • A fuzzy dynamic learning controller is proposed and applied to control of time delayed, non-linear and unstable chemical processes. The proposed fuzzy dynamic learning controller can self-adjust its fuzzy control rules using the external dynamic information from the process during on-line control and it can create th,, new fuzzy control rules autonomously using its learning capability from past control trends. The proposed controller shows better performance than the conventional fuzzy logic controller and the fuzzy self organizing controller.

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Antifungal Activity of Five Plant Essential Oils as Fumigant Against Postharvest and Soilborne Plant Pathogenic Fungi

  • Lee, Sun-Og;Choi, Gyung-Ja;Jang, Kyoung-Soo;Lim, He-Kyoung;Cho, Kwang-Yun;Kim, Jin-Cheol
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2007
  • A total of 39 essential oils were tested for antifungal activities as volatile compounds against five phytopathogenic fungi at a dose of 1 ${\mu}l$ per plate. Five essential oils showed inhibitory activities against mycelial growth of at least one phytopathogenic fungus. Origanum vulgare essential oil inhibited mycelial growth of all of the five fungi tested. Both Cuminum cyminum and Eucalyptus citriodora oils displayed in vitro antifungal activities against four phytopathogenic fungi except for Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. The essential oil of Thymus vulgaris suppressed the mycelial growth of C. gloeosporioides, Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani and that of Cymbopogon citratus was active to only F. oxysporum. The chemical compositions of the five active essential oils were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. This study suggests that both E. citriodora and C. cyminum oils have a potential as antifungal preservatives for the control of storage diseases of various crops.