Research Article

Advanced Control of a Continuous Solution Copolymerization Process

Table 2

SISO control loops.

LoopManipulated variableControlled variable

1Reactor jacket temperature ( )Copolymer production rate ( )
2Monomers A/B feed rate ( )Mole fraction of A in copolymer ( )
3Reactor jacket temperature ( )Weight average molecular weight ( )
4Reactor jacket temperature ( )Reactor temperature ( )