TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparison of Decoupler with PID Controller and Model Predictive Controller for the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit in Petroleum Refinery
AU - Elamurugan, P. AU - Siva, K. 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 15
IS  - 17
SP  - 3356
EP  - 3365
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2016.3356.3365
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2016.3356.3365
KW  - Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU)
KW  -relative gain array
KW  -decoupler
KW  -Model Predictive Control (MPC)
AB  - The proposed study has been examined and reviewed the published experimental results related to reactor-regenerator system of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU). It also focuses the limitations of existing methods for controlling the temperature in the reactor-regenerator system. In the present study, complex dynamic model of the reactor regenerator system has been developed and subsequently used with the controller. FCCU is widely used to convert the high-boiling, longer chainhydrocarbon fractions of petroleum crude oils to more valuable gasoline, olefinic gases and other products.Because of its feed processing tractability, the FCC process is considered as a primary conversion unit in a unified refinery and ideal FCC operation can have a significant impact on the refinery profitability. Control of the FCC continues to be a challenging and significant problem due to interaction between the loops. So, there is a real need for a control logic that effectively utilizes the available process measurements and model information characteristic of the process. Relative gain array is used to minimize the interaction and select the variable pairings and then decoupler is developed to remove interaction completely.Stabilization can be achieved through simulated implementation of a Model Predictive Control (MPC).
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