Backstepping Control of the Hemicellulose Fraction of Lignocellulosic Biomass in a Pretreatment Continuous Tubular Reactor for Biofuels Production

Resumen: This paper presents a design of a backstepping control for the hemicellulose fraction existent in lignocellulosic materials used at the first stage of the process of biofuels productions called pretreatment, which is carried out in a continuous tubular reactor. The nonlinear backstepping controller designed regulates the hemicellulose fraction at the output of the process to a desired value. Local asymptotic stability is guaranteed by the proposed Lyapunov functions. The control is successfully validated in simulations employing real data from the continuous tubular reactor process.

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Gabriela Zepeda, América Morales & Arturo Sánchez. Backstepping Control of the Hemicellulose Fraction of Lignocellulosic Biomass in a Pretreatment Continuous Tubular Reactor for Biofuels Production. Memorias del Congreso Nacional de Control Automático, pp. 231-236, 2018.

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hemicellulose fraction, backstepping control, lignocellulosic biomass, pretreatment reactor

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