Ebook: Analysis and Control of Industrial Processes

This book is an outcome of a 2-days Workshop on Automation Engineering held in Salzhausen (near Hamburg), F.R. Germany. The Workshop is annually organ­ ized by the Institute of Automation Technology and the Institute of Applied and Physical Chemistry of the University of Bremen. It is regularly joined by 30 to 40 participants representing the teaching and reserarch staff of both Institutes, as weIl as some invited colleagues from other universities and the regional industry. Usually 15/20 selected contributions, grouped in technical sessions (system modelling and identification, control systems design, computer hardware and soft­ ware, knowledge-based systems, robotics etc.), are presented at the Workshop, whereby the invited guests preferably present survey papers on current problems of modern systems engineering. For this book, 22 papers, contributed to the last two Workshops, are selected and grouped into 6 Chapters. The Chapters reflect the technical sessions listed above and give an average view on current research activities at both Institutes of the University. It is expected that the book will prove as a useful reference to the scientists and practicing engineers in the area of devel­ opment and application of methods of modern systems engineering in processing industry and the robotics.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Review and Future of Adaptive Control Systems....Pages 3-22
Expert Systems and Their Applications: A Survey....Pages 23-33
Fibre Optic Communication Systems in Industrial Automation....Pages 34-51
Route Optimization Algorithms for Expert Systems....Pages 52-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Enclosure Methods and Their Applications in Control Theory....Pages 65-80
Improved Computation of Balancing Transformations for Model Reduction of Minimal Systems....Pages 81-86
Adaptive Control of Linear Plants With Unknown High-Frequency Gain....Pages 87-95
Design of a Full-Order Observer and its Minimal-Order Version for a One-Link Flexible Robot Arm....Pages 96-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Modelling and Simulation of Non-Isothermal Process for the Reduction, Precipitation and Characterization of Metal Phases in Zeolites....Pages 113-127
Dynamics of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions on Palladium Supported Catalysts....Pages 128-136
Modelling and Simulation of the Methanation from Carbon Monoxide-Rich Synthesis Gas....Pages 137-144
On Parameter Estimation of Ecosystem Models....Pages 145-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
A Petri Net-Based Tool for Computer-Aided Model Building, Simulation, and Analysis of Engineering Systems....Pages 157-166
Control of Distributed Parameter Systems Using Pointwise Location of Sensors and Actuators....Pages 167-181
On Modelling and Control of a Reactor for Pyrolysis....Pages 182-191
Computer Coupled Laboratory Methanation Reactor for the Study of Temperature Profile Dynamics....Pages 192-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Some Aspects of an Architecture for Real-Time Expert Systems in Industrial Plant Automation and Supervision....Pages 205-216
Rule-Based Modelling of Dynamical Systems....Pages 217-231
Multi-Sensory Signal Fusion....Pages 232-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Goal Oriented Behaviour of Robots for Space Applications....Pages 247-253
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Basic Principles of Intelligent Task Planning for Autonomous Robot Systems....Pages 254-267
Collision Free Motion Planning for Robot-Manipulators....Pages 268-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-286

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Review and Future of Adaptive Control Systems....Pages 3-22
Expert Systems and Their Applications: A Survey....Pages 23-33
Fibre Optic Communication Systems in Industrial Automation....Pages 34-51
Route Optimization Algorithms for Expert Systems....Pages 52-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Enclosure Methods and Their Applications in Control Theory....Pages 65-80
Improved Computation of Balancing Transformations for Model Reduction of Minimal Systems....Pages 81-86
Adaptive Control of Linear Plants With Unknown High-Frequency Gain....Pages 87-95
Design of a Full-Order Observer and its Minimal-Order Version for a One-Link Flexible Robot Arm....Pages 96-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Modelling and Simulation of Non-Isothermal Process for the Reduction, Precipitation and Characterization of Metal Phases in Zeolites....Pages 113-127
Dynamics of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions on Palladium Supported Catalysts....Pages 128-136
Modelling and Simulation of the Methanation from Carbon Monoxide-Rich Synthesis Gas....Pages 137-144
On Parameter Estimation of Ecosystem Models....Pages 145-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
A Petri Net-Based Tool for Computer-Aided Model Building, Simulation, and Analysis of Engineering Systems....Pages 157-166
Control of Distributed Parameter Systems Using Pointwise Location of Sensors and Actuators....Pages 167-181
On Modelling and Control of a Reactor for Pyrolysis....Pages 182-191
Computer Coupled Laboratory Methanation Reactor for the Study of Temperature Profile Dynamics....Pages 192-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Some Aspects of an Architecture for Real-Time Expert Systems in Industrial Plant Automation and Supervision....Pages 205-216
Rule-Based Modelling of Dynamical Systems....Pages 217-231
Multi-Sensory Signal Fusion....Pages 232-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Goal Oriented Behaviour of Robots for Space Applications....Pages 247-253
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Basic Principles of Intelligent Task Planning for Autonomous Robot Systems....Pages 254-267
Collision Free Motion Planning for Robot-Manipulators....Pages 268-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-286
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