Description

In a copolymerisation plant with two production lines 11 Model Predictive Controllers and more than 50 inferentials were implemented. The last 5-10 years APC is more commonly implemented in polymer plants but not to this extend. The control includes temperature, concentration, production and quality control. The inferentials are used to improve analyzers and to provide quality parameters based on laboratory analyses.
After an introduction about the plant and the overall concept some parts and aspects of the implementation will be highlighted such as the temperature control, the use of inferentials and the non-linear control model.

Speaker(s)

ir. Joep Bazelmans

SABIC
Site Specialist Process Automation

Location

B 1.12, HAN Faculty of Engineering

Ruitenberglaan 26, 6826 CC ARNHEM

Organiser

Measurement, Control and Steering Technology

HAN Master of Control Systems Eng.

Name and contact details for information

Tanja Vermeulen tel: 026 - 3 65 81 56 email: tanja.vermeulen@han.nl