This paper illustrates the application of the root‐locus method in the design of a control system for a theoretical stirred‐tank reactor. The merits of control by measuring reactor concentration or temperature were considered at both an unstable and stable steady state reactor condition. The modes of control studied were proportional, proportional‐integral, and proportional‐integral‐rate.
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