摘要

Three heat integrated air separation columns (HIASCs) with different purities (low purity, moderate purity and high purity) are presented, and the open-loop dynamic behaviors are studied. A shock wave velocity is derived for HIASC, and based on that a nonlinear wave model of the HIASC is further established. Combined with the proposed wave model, a novel model predictive control scheme (SWMPC) is carried out, which is compared with a conventional model predictive control scheme (MPC). The comparison simulation results show that SWMPC can work better than MPC, especially for the high-purity HIASC.