OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A BATCH POLYMERIZATION REACTOR USING DEADBEAT CONTROL

In this study, Deadbeat control of a jacketed batch reactor in which styrene polymerization occurs under isothermal conditionshas been investigated experimentally and by simulation to achieve a specific constant number average chain length andconversion in a minimum time. It was founded that Deadbeat control provided a good performance in maintaining the reactortemperature at its set point at the isothermal conditions. It is obtained that desired final conversion and number average chainlength values were almost achieved.