Reactor engineering generally uses distributed parameter models for design purpose. These models are not often used for process control design. May the use of this kind of complex models improve control performance? This paper compares different control strategies based on a distributed parameter model to a time-scaled DMC that only uses a simple input-output model for the control of a bleaching reactor.
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