简介:Theneedforcleanerfuelshasresultedinacontinuingworldwidetrendtoreducedieselsulfurandaromatics.Therearemanyapproachestoreducingsulfurandaromaticsindiesel.Mostofthemhaveacommondrawbackofhighcostbecauseofadoptingtwostagesofhydrotreatingandusingnoble-metalcatalyst,especiallyforreducingaromatics.TheattempttoresolvethisissuehasledtotherecentdevelopmentoftheSingleStageHydrotreating(SSHT)processbyResearchInstituteofPetroleumProcessing(RIPP),SINOPEC.TheSSHTprocessisasingle-stagehydrotreatingtechnologyforproducinglowsulfurandlowaromaticsdiesel.Theprocessusesoneortwonon-noble-metalcatalystssystemandoperatesatmoderatepressure.Whenrevampinganexistingunittomeetlowaromaticsdieselspecification,theonlythingtodoistoaddareactororreplacetheexistingreactor,Inpilotplanttests,theSSHTtechnologyhassuccessfullytreatedSRGO(StraightRunGasOil),LCO(LightCycleOil)ortheblendofthem.ItisshownthatbyusingtheSSHTprocessdieselwithsulfurof30ppmandaromaticsof15m%canbeproducedfromMiddle-EastSRGOanddieselwitharomaticscontentof25m%canbeproducedfromcrackedfeed,suchasFCC-LCO.Highdieselyieldandcetanenumbergain(fromcrackedfeedstocks)givetheSSHTtechnologyaperformanceadvantagecomparedtoconventionalhydrocrackingandhydrotreatingprocesses.Thelowerinvestmentandoperatingcostisanotheradvantage.ThefirstcommercialapplicationoftheSSHTtechnologyhasbeeninoperationsinceSeptember2001.
简介:Lowgainfeedbackreferstocertainfamiliesofstabilizingstatefeedbackgainsthatareparameterizedinascalarandgotozeroasthescalardecreasestozero.Lowgainfeedbackwasinitiallyproposedtoachievesemi-globalstabilizationoflinearsystemssubjecttoinputsaturation.Itwasthencombinedwithhighgainfeedbackindifferentwaysforsolvingvariouscontrolproblems.Theresultingfeedbacklawsarereferredtoaslow-and-highgainfeedback.Sincetheintroductionoflowgainfeedbackinthecontextofsemi-globalstabilizationoflinearsystemssubjecttoinputsaturation,therehasbeenefforttodevelopalternativemethodsforlowgaindesign,tocharacterizekeyfeaturesoflowgainfeedback,andtoexplorenewapplicationsofthelowgainandlow-and-highgainfeedback.Thispaperreviewsthedevelopmentsinlowgainandlow-and-highgainfeedbackdesigns.