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Step Response Identification of Integrating and Unstable Processes

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Some industrial and chemical processes, e.g., heating boilers and continuous-stirred-tank-reactors (CSTRs), show integrating or unstable dynamics to the input change, such as a step or ramp signal that often occurs in process operations.

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  1. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Tao Liu

  2. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Furong Gao

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Liu, T., Gao, F. (2012). Step Response Identification of Integrating and Unstable Processes. In: Industrial Process Identification and Control Design. Advances in Industrial Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-977-2_3

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