Title
Real-time feasibility of nonlinear model predictive control for semi-batch reactors subject to uncertainty and disturbances.
Abstract
This paper presents two nonlinear model predictive control based methods for solving closed-loop stochastic dynamic optimisation problems, ensuring both robustness and feasibility with respect to state output constraints. The first one is a new deterministic approach, using the wait-and-see strategy. The key idea is to specifically anticipate violation of output hard-constraints, which are strongly affected by instantaneous disturbances, by backing off of their bounds along the moving horizon. The second method is a stochastic approach to solve nonlinear chance-constrained dynamic optimisation problems under uncertainties. The key aspect is the explicit consideration of the stochastic properties of both exogenous and endogenous uncertainties in the problem formulation (here-and-now strategy). The approach considers a nonlinear relation between uncertain inputs and the constrained state outputs. The performance of the proposed methodologies is assessed via an application to a semi-batch reactor under safety constraints, involving strongly exothermic reactions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.106529
Computers & Chemical Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
NMPC,Output-constraints,Chance-constraints,Dynamic real time optimisation,Batch processes,Safety
Control theory,Computer science,Model predictive control,Nonlinear model
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
133
0098-1354
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
H. Arellano-Garcia1615.92
Tilman Barz200.34
Bogdan Dorneanu311.37
Vassilios S. Vassiliadis418822.38