Tracking performance of control methods

In this work, the optimal temperature control of a styrene solution polymer ization reactor with two different control algorithms is considered. DMC an d PID control methods are used to accomplish the optimal temperature contro l of the polystyrene reactor, Reactor optimal temperature profiles at diffe rent initiator initiation concentrations were obtained by applying maximum principle to the mathematical model of the free radical batch polymerizatio n reactor to produce polystyrene with desired conversion and molecular weig ht in a minimum time. The results obtained from the experimental implementa tion of DMC and PID controller for the control of optimal temperature path of the polymerization reactor were compared.