Nonlinear and Robust Control of PDE Systems: Methods and Applications to Transport-Reaction Processes (Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications) - Hardcover

Christofides, Panagiotis D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0817641564 ISBN 13: 9780817641566

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2001

Synopsis

The interest in control of nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) sys­ tems has been triggered by the need to achieve tight distributed control of transport-reaction processes that exhibit highly nonlinear behavior and strong spatial variations. Drawing from recent advances in dynamics of PDE systems and nonlinear control theory, control of nonlinear PDEs has evolved into a very active research area of systems and control. This book­ the first of its kind- presents general methods for the synthesis of nonlinear and robust feedback controllers for broad classes of nonlinear PDE sys­ tems and illustrates their applications to transport-reaction processes of industrial interest. Specifically, our attention focuses on quasi-linear hyperbolic and parabolic PDE systems for which the manipulated inputs and measured and controlled outputs are distributed in space and bounded. We use geometric and Lyapunov-based control techniques to synthesize nonlinear and robust controllers that use a finite number of measurement sensors and control actuators to achieve stabilization of the closed-loop system, output track­ ing, and attenuation of the effect of model uncertainty. The controllers are successfully applied to numerous convection-reaction and diffusion-reaction processes, including a rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition reactor and a Czochralski crystal growth process. The book includes comparisons of the proposed nonlinear and robust control methods with other approaches and discussions of practical implementation issues.

About this title

Product Description

Nonlinear and Robust Control of PDE Systems This volume presents state-of-the-art methods for the synthesis of nonlinear and robust feedback controllers for transport-reaction processes. It should be a useful resource for chemical engineers, control engineers, and mechanical engineers.

Review

"The concrete aspect of this book is its strength, and it may inspire theoreticians in the control of PDEs so that they realize design methods in the finite-dimensional case have interesting extensions in their area; it may encourage practitioners, giving them confidence in dealing with PDEs. The development is illustrated with applications from the chemical industry throughout the book (reactor, chemical vapor deposition, crystal growth)."   ―Zentralblatt Math

"This book deals with nonlinear and robust feedback controllers for hyperbolic and parabolic PDEs with fixed spatial domains and parabolic PDEs with time-dependent spatial domains. It includes applications to transport-reaction processes of industrial interest and also discusses practical implementation issues."   ―Monatshefte für Mathematik

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817641564
• ISBN 13: 9780817641566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268