Strong Acid Equivalent Control of pH Processes: An Experimental Study Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The authors' approach to controlling pH consists of defining an alternative equivalent control objective, the strong acid equivalent, which is linear in the states, and using a linear control law in terms of this new control objective. The strong acid equivalent is then calculated on line from pH measurements given a nominal titration curve of the inlet stream. A laboratory system has been built to implement this method. Experimental results for the hydrochloric acid/sodium hydroxide and acetic acid/sodium hydroxide systems are given. The results show the control which can be achieved with the strong acid method.

name of conference

  • 1991 American Control Conference

published proceedings

  • 1991 American Control Conference

author list (cited authors)

  • Wright, R. A., Soroush, M., & Kravaris, C.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Wright, Raymond A||Soroush, Masoud||Kravaris, Costas

publication date

  • June 1991