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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Peter N. Berkowitz, Houston, TX (US);
William A. Poe, Richmond, TX (US);
Paul Burnham Smith, Houston, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A multivariable control method and system suitable for manipulating process variables based on observed changes in controlled objectives without extensive data analysis or involved model development. The method includes operating the process at an initial set of process variables and an initial set of controlled objectives, monitoring the set of process variables and the set of controlled objectives while continuously operating the process, adjusting one or more members of the set of process variables based upon a non-linear optimization with respect to a desired set of controlled objectives, and utilizing the monitored set of process variables and the monitored set of controlled objectives in the non-linear optimization.