Multi-stage flash desalination : modeling, simulation, and adaptive control /: modeling, simulation, and adaptive control. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Abraha Woldai.
• Authors: Woldai, Abraha
• Contents: Introduction; Water and Life; Desalination of Seawater; Need for Desalination; Basic Principle of MSF Desalination; Energy Consumption and Environmental Impacts; Motivation and Aims of the Book; Organization of the Book; References; Operation and Control of Multi-Stage Flash Desalination Plants ; MSF Desalination Process; MSF Desalination Plant Control Systems; State of the Art in MSF Desalination; References; Dynamic Model for an MSF Plant ; Literature Review; Brine Heater Model; Stage Model; Interstage Flow; Control Loops; Conclusion; Appendix: Important Correlations; Nomenclature; References; Data Reconciliation and Model Validation with Experimental Data ; Data Reconciliation; General Linear Static Data Reconciliation Problem; Validation of the MSF Process Model; Steady-State Simulation Results and Comparisons; Dynamic Simulation and Model Verification; Summary and Discussion; Appendix: Steady-State Performance of the MSF Plant under Different Operating Conditions; Reference; Analysis of the Dynamic Model for Control ; Introduction; Selection of Sensors, Valves, and Controlled and Manipulated Variables; Model Linearization; Linearized Model of an MSF Plant; Control Structure; Remarks; References; Optimal Reduction of the MSF Plant Model to First or Second Order with Delay Forms ; Model Reduction Methods; Method of Approach for Reduction to First or Second Order Plus Dead-Time Forms; The Case of an 18-Stage Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) Desalination Plant Model; Application of the Present Method; Discussion and Conclusion; Appendix; References; Optimal PID Controller Tuning in Large MSF Plants for Seawater Desalination ; A Brief Review of the Existing PID Controller Tuning Methods; Proposed Method Using the Unreduced Model Step Response along with Several Integral Performance Criteria; Multiloop Optimization; Nomenclature; References; An Adaptive Scheme with Optimally Tuned PID Controller ; Adaptive Tuning Techniques; Parameter Scheduling; Application of Artificial Neural Networks; Appendix: An Introductory Note on Neural Networks; References; Conclusions and Discussion ; Conclusions; Suggested Directions for Further Work; Reference; Programs ; SPEEDUP Package; Subroutines in FORTRAN; MATLAB® Programs; Glossary ; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 628.1672; Saline water conversion -- Distillation process; Saline water conversion plants
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498721707
• Related ISBNs: 9781498721691
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