Paper Info
Title
Optimal Control Of A Distributed Solar Collector Field
Abstract
The dynamics of a distributed solar collector field can be modelled by a nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equation (PDE) based on the energy balance. The model-based optimal control of the outlet temperature is studied. One of few ways to influence the outlet temperature is by adjusting the oil pump volumetric flow rate. In this work, an optimal algorithm is developed to minimize the mismatch between the outlet temperature and a desired temperature. The method is based on the adjoint approach for constrained optimization problems with a nonlinear hyperbolic PDE applied as an optimization constraint. In particular, the algorithm simplifies a problem by decomposing it into a two-level optimization problem. Unlike the traditional tracking control such as motion planing, the reference tracking equations in this work do not need state trajectory generation. Finally, the proposed approach is verified to perform well via a computer simulation.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
2017 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ACC)
Nonlinear system,Optimal control,Control theory,Computer science,Temperature control,Control engineering,Oil pump,Optimization problem,Trajectory,Volumetric flow rate,Hyperbolic partial differential equation
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
0743-1619
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
8
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiaodong Xu15211.87
Yuan Yuan230126.63
Stevan Dubljevic311728.81