Model-based control of slugging: advances and challenges

Florent Di Meglio (1) , Glenn Ole Kaasa (2) , Nicolas Petit (3) , Vidar Alstad (4)

1 MAE - UC San Diego - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering [Univ California San Diego]
2 Research Center Porsgrunn
3 CAS - Centre Automatique et Systèmes
4 Yara Technology Center

We review recent advances in the suppression of the slugging phenomenon by model-based control. We focus on three aspects of recent contributions: models, observers and control laws. For each category, we evaluate and compare existing solutions, and propose directions for improvement.

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Florent Di Meglio, Glenn Ole Kaasa, Nicolas Petit, Vidar Alstad. Model-based control of slugging: advances and challenges. IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production 2012, May 2012, Trondheim, Norway. ⟨hal-00706862⟩