TY - GEN Y1 - 2018/09/13/ AV - public SP - 372 EP - 377 TI - Disturbance Observer Based Discrete Time Sliding Mode Control for a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/VSS.2018.8460344 PB - IEEE SN - 2165-4824 N2 - The continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) is a typical element of equipment frequently found in the process industry. The control of a CSTR is very challenging due to its nonlinear dynamics and the presence of external disturbances. In this paper, a novel discrete time sliding mode control method for the CSTR is presented. Then a disturbance observer is designed to eliminate the effect of external disturbances on the CSTR system. Stability analysis is presented based on the Lyapunov method. Finally, the control performance of the proposed method is validated by using MATLAB simulation experiments. ID - discovery10058856 A1 - Ma, L A1 - Zhao, D A1 - Spurgeon, SK T3 - International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems ER -