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Closed-loop control framework for optimal startup of cryogenic air separation units

2025· article· en· W4413450393 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Process Control · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
Canadian institutionsMcMaster University
FundersOntario Ministry of Research and Innovation
KeywordsSeparation (statistics)Loop (graph theory)Air separationControl (management)Closed loopControl theory (sociology)Control engineeringEngineeringComputer scienceChemistryMathematics

Abstract

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Current volatile electricity market conditions incentivize the adaptation of the operation, including the startup, of cryogenic air separation units (ASUs) which are large consumers of electricity. Improvement in ASU startups using earlier proposed open-loop control strategies may not be fully realized in the presence of uncertainties and disturbances. This paper assesses the potential benefit of using a proposed closed-loop control framework to address uncertainty and disturbances. A rolling-horizon economic nonlinear model predictive control (ENMPC) approach is considered, for which strategies are proposed to improve computation time. Online parameter estimation is performed using a computationally efficient method that is easy to implement. Through the case studies presented, it is shown that the proposed framework outperforms the use of offline pre-computed optimal inputs in response to the disturbance and uncertainty considered.

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GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.630
Threshold uncertainty score0.616

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Opus teacher head0.009
GPT teacher head0.278
Teacher spread0.269 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
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