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Off-line optimization and control for real time integration of a three-phase hydrogenation catalytic reactor

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Author(s):
Melo, Delba N. C. ; Toledo, Eduardo C. Vasco de ; Santos, Marcela Geni Mota dos [3] ; Hasan, Salah D. M. ; Maciel, Maria Regina Wolf ; Maciel Filho, Rubens
Total Authors: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: Computers & Chemical Engineering; v. 29, n. 11/12, p. 2485-2493, Oct. 2005.
Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Abstract

In order to develop and test the integration procedure, in this paper a real time process integration involving the optimization and control of the process is presented, in this case, with the two-layer approach. The used optimization algorithms were Levenberg-Marquardt and SQP that solve a non-linear least square problem subject to bounds on the variables. The two-layer approach is a hierarchical control structure where an optimization layer calculates the set points and manipulated variables to the advanced controller, which is based on the dynamic matrix control with constraints (QDMC). The non-isothermal dynamic model of the three-phase slurry catalytic reactor with appropriate solution procedure was utilized in this work (Vasco de Toledo, E. C., Santana, P. L., Maciel, M. R. W., & Maciel Filho, R. (2001). Dynamic modeling of a three-phase catalytic slurry reactor. Chemical Engineering Science, 56, 6055-6061). The model consists on mass and heat balance equations for the catalyst particles as well as for the bulk phases of gas and liquid. The model was used to describe the dynamic behavior of hydrogenation reaction of o-cresol to obtain 2-methil-cyclohexanol, in the presence of a catalyst Ni/SiO2. (AU)