Batch process monitoring and its application to polymerization systems |
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Authors: | Cenk Ündey Sinem Ertunç Eric Tatara Fouad Teymour Ali Çιnar |
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Institution: | Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W 33rd St, Chicago, IL 60616 USA, Fax: +1.312.5678874 |
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Abstract: | Slight changes in raw material properties or operating conditions during critical periods of operation of batch and semi-batch polymerization reactors may have a strong influence on reaction mechanism and impact final product quality. Online process monitoring, fault detection, fault diagnosis, and product quality prediction in real-time ensure safe reactor operation and warn operators about excursions from normal operation that may lead to deterioration in product properties. Multivariate statistical process monitoring and quality prediction using multiway principal components analysis and multiway partial least squares have been successful in detecting abnormalities in process operation and product quality. When abnormal process operation is detected, fault diagnosis tools are used to determine the source cause of the deviation. Illustrative case studies are presented via simulated polyvinyl acetate polymerization. |
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Keywords: | statistical process monitoring quality prediction radical polymerization modeling batch processes |
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