Optimal control for nonlinear systems calculated with small computers

Nonlinear model predictive control of a packed distillation column

“…The control profile is then updated using some optimization algorithm, and the process repeated until the optimal profiles are obtained. Various versions of this strategy have been reported by Hicks and Ray (1971), Hasdorff (1976), Sargent and Sullivan (1978), Asselmeyer (1985), Morshedi (1986), Economou et al (1986), Jang etal. (1987), Kiparissides and Georgiou (1987), and Peterson et al (1989).…”