Stabilization of (state, input)-disturbed CSTRs through the port-Hamiltonian systems approach

Abstract

It is a universal phenomenon that the state and input of the continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) systems are both disturbed. This paper proposes a (state, input)-disturbed port-Hamiltonian framework that can be used to model and further designs a stochastic passivity based controller to asymptotically stabilize in probability the (state, input)-disturbed CSTR (sidCSTR) systems. The opposite entropy function and the availability function are selected as the Hamiltonian for the model and control purposes, respectively. Furthermore, the proposed (state, input)-disturbed port-Hamiltonian model can simultaneously characterize the first law and the second law of thermodynamics when the opposite entropy function acts as the Hamiltonian. A simple CSTR example illustrates how the port-Hamiltonian method is utilized for modeling and controlling sidCSTR systems.