Chemical processes may experience a large number of disturbances. Stability is a key of chemical process operability

related to product quality and process safety directly. It is a criterion to determine whether a process can return to its original operating point when disturbance disappears. The research on stability can help to understand and adjust the nonlinear behaviors in chemical processes

such as multiple steady state and oscillation. Therefore

with the consideration of stability analysis

the chemical processes can be operated smoothly and safely under disturbance for a long time. This review concludes the progress in stability analysis from four aspects:multiple steady state and stability analysis

optimization with guaranteed stability

dynamic behavior adjustment of chemical processes

and stability analysis under uncertainty.