UNITY OF CONTROL AND IDENTIFICATION IN MULTISTAGE FLASH DESALINATION PROCESSES

This paper considers multistage flash desalination processes and looks at the prospects of application of various modern methods of control and identification with a view to establish plausible integration of schemes which not only enhance the quality of process performance but also provide multilevel decision supporting facilities for supervision health monitoring, fault diagnosis, maintenance, safety, protection and above all, management of the process. An attempt is made in this paper to highlight some aspects of unity and harmony among the various approaches, classical and modern, in respect of control and identification. Finally, the paper discusses some aspects of lending intelligence to the overall system by working principles of artificial intelligence. The emphasis of the presentation is on the principal ideas rather than on the detailed and rigorous mathematics. However, the reader is referred to relevant literature for such details.