Development and application of an automatic tool for the selection of control variables based on the self-optimizing control methodology

Abstract Rules for control structure design for industrial processes have been extensively proposed in the literature. Some model-based methodologies have a sound mathematical basis, such as the self-optimizing control technology. The procedure can be applied with the aid of available commercial simulators, e.g., PRO/IITM and AspenPlus®, from which the converging results are obtained more suitably for industrial applications, lessening the effort needed to build an appropriate mathematical model of the plant. Motivated by this context, this work explores the development and application of a t...