Fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch

Industrial plants dedicated to ethanol production have a large number of interrelated processes and operations with nonlinear dynamics, requiring a process control design method considering plantwide aspects and nonlinear control techniques application, as fuzzy logic, to overcome disturbance effec...

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Main Authors: Amanda Fonseca Oliveira, Félix Rezende Santos, Rodolpho Rodrigues Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) 2022-01-01
Series:The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/13650
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author Amanda Fonseca Oliveira
Félix Rezende Santos
Rodolpho Rodrigues Fonseca
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description Industrial plants dedicated to ethanol production have a large number of interrelated processes and operations with nonlinear dynamics, requiring a process control design method considering plantwide aspects and nonlinear control techniques application, as fuzzy logic, to overcome disturbance effects on process control performance. In this work, disturbance in an ethanol process plant were investigated in order to propose a fuzzy system to improve the plantwide control and keep process productivity. The fuzzy system was set to adapt the bioreactor temperature setpoint in case of disturbances, avoiding process deregulation. The results indicated that the fuzzy system developed was able to improve plantwide process control performance and also increasing process productivity.
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spelling doaj-art-81b644878e884ee49c275d2de8be06462025-02-02T19:56:42ZengUniversidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences2527-10752022-01-018110.18540/jcecvl8iss1pp13650-01-16eFuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starchAmanda Fonseca Oliveira0Félix Rezende Santos1Rodolpho Rodrigues Fonseca2Federal University of SergipeFederal University of SergipeFederal University of Sergipe Industrial plants dedicated to ethanol production have a large number of interrelated processes and operations with nonlinear dynamics, requiring a process control design method considering plantwide aspects and nonlinear control techniques application, as fuzzy logic, to overcome disturbance effects on process control performance. In this work, disturbance in an ethanol process plant were investigated in order to propose a fuzzy system to improve the plantwide control and keep process productivity. The fuzzy system was set to adapt the bioreactor temperature setpoint in case of disturbances, avoiding process deregulation. The results indicated that the fuzzy system developed was able to improve plantwide process control performance and also increasing process productivity. https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/13650Plantwide controlFuzzy logicEthanol production
spellingShingle Amanda Fonseca Oliveira
Félix Rezende Santos
Rodolpho Rodrigues Fonseca
Fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch
The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences
Plantwide control
Fuzzy logic
Ethanol production
title Fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch
title_full Fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch
title_fullStr Fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch
title_full_unstemmed Fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch
title_short Fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch
title_sort fuzzy logic based plantwide control applied to ethanol production from potato starch
topic Plantwide control
Fuzzy logic
Ethanol production
url https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/13650
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