Two dynamic methodologies, dynamic flowgraph methodology (DFM) and the Markov/cellto cell mapping technique (CCMT), are implemented on the benchmark digital feedwater control system (DFWCS) specified in NUREG-6942 (Dynamic Reliability Modeling of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Reactor Probabilistic Risk Assessments) [1], to demonstrate how an existing nuclear power plan...

Receding horizon control is used to maximize the productivity of emulsion polymerization processes. The control strategy is adapted for controlling multivariable systems. Two process inputs, the monomer flow rate and the reactor temperature, were manipulated in order to optimize process productivity. The controller performance was validated in the presence of modeling errors. c © 2007 Elsevier ...