Application of nonlinear system transformations to control design for a chemical reactor

Abstract

The design of a nonlinear regulator for the control of a nonisothermal continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) is derived using the technique of nonlinear system transformation. It is shown that recent developments in the area of nonlinear transformation theory have direct application to the problem of controlling nonisothermal CSTRs. It is established that the transformation method leads to the design of robust and stable nonlinear regulators for these systems.