Publication

Real-time experimental implementation of predictive control schemes in a small-scale pasteurization plant

Book Chapter (2015)

Book Title

Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Pages

255-273

Volume

464

Serie

Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences

Doc link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26687-9_12

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Abstract

This chapter proposes three closed-loop control topologies based on model predictive control (MPC) for a small-scale pasteurization plant. The topologies are designed taking into account the role of the predictive controller within the loop: (i) as supervisor control for the computation of the references for regulatory controllers, (ii) as unique controller within the closed loop, and (iii) acting simultaneously as supervisor and regulatory controllers together with other regulatory controllers. All control designs have been applied in real time to a test bench station then experimental results are both presented and discussed. The main advantages and drawbacks for each topology are presented for the regulation of the temperature of the output product while the energy consumption of the overall system is minimised.

Categories

automation, cascade control, optimisation, predictive control.

Author keywords

pasteurization plant, control topologies, industrial processes, real-time control

Scientific reference

A. Rosich and C. Ocampo-Martínez. Real-time experimental implementation of predictive control schemes in a small-scale pasteurization plant. In Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, 255-273. Springer Verlag, 2015.