Enabling Self-Managing Applications using Model-based Online Control Strategies

Author(s):  
V. Bhat ◽  
M. Parashar ◽  
Hua Liu ◽  
M. Khandekar ◽  
N. Kandasamy ◽  
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Author(s):  
Sergio F. A. Batista ◽  
Deepak Ingole ◽  
Ludovic Leclercq ◽  
Monica Menendez

Author(s):  
Xiao Kou ◽  
Yan Du ◽  
Fangxing Li ◽  
Hector Pulgar-Painemal ◽  
Helia Zandi ◽  
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Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro De la Cruz Martínez ◽  
Rosa E. Delgado Portales ◽  
Jaime D. Pérez Martínez ◽  
José E. González Ramírez ◽  
Alan D. Villalobos Lara ◽  
...  

Ice cream viscosity is one of the properties that most changes during crystallization in scraped surface heat exchangers (SSHE), and its online measurement is not easy. Its estimation is necessary through variables that are easy to measure. The temperature and power of the stirring motor of the SSHE turn out to be this type of variable and are closely related to the viscosity. Therefore, a mathematical model based on these variables proved to be feasible. The development of this mathematical relationship involved the rheological study of the ice cream base, as well as the application of a method for its in situ melting in the rheometer as a function of the temperature, and the application of a mathematical model correlating the SSHE stirring power and the ice cream viscosity. The result was a coupled model based on both the temperature and stirring power of the SSHE, which allowed for online viscosity estimation with errors below 10% for crystallized systems with a 30% ice fraction at the exit of the SSHE. The model obtained is a first step in the search for control strategies for crystallization in SSHE.


2012 ◽  
Vol 702 ◽  
pp. 26-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelien Hervé ◽  
Denis Sipp ◽  
Peter J. Schmid ◽  
Manuel Samuelides

AbstractControl of amplifier flows poses a great challenge, since the influence of environmental noise sources and measurement contamination is a crucial component in the design of models and the subsequent performance of the controller. A model-based approach that makes a priori assumptions on the noise characteristics often yields unsatisfactory results when the true noise environment is different from the assumed one. An alternative approach is proposed that consists of a data-based system-identification technique for modelling the flow; it avoids the model-based shortcomings by directly incorporating noise influences into an auto-regressive (ARMAX) design. This technique is applied to flow over a backward-facing step, a typical example of a noise-amplifier flow. Physical insight into the specifics of the flow is used to interpret and tailor the various terms of the auto-regressive model. The designed compensator shows an impressive performance as well as a remarkable robustness to increased noise levels and to off-design operating conditions. Owing to its reliance on only time-sequences of observable data, the proposed technique should be attractive in the design of control strategies directly from experimental data and should result in effective compensators that maintain performance in a realistic disturbance environment.


Author(s):  
Pushkar Agashe ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Bo Chen

This paper presents model-based design and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation of engine lean operation. The functionalities of the homogeneous combustion subsystem in engine Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in dSPACE Automotive Simulation Models (ASM) are first analyzed. To control the gasoline engine in lean operation without the drop of output torque, the combustion subsystem in engine ECU is modified by introducing two control loops, torque modifier and fuel multiplier. The performance of these two controllers is evaluated by HIL simulation using a dSPACE HIL simulator. The HIL simulation models, including vehicle plant model and softECUs in HIL simulator and engine lean control model in hardware engine ECU are modeled using model-based design. With HIL simulation, the designed engine control strategies can be immediately tested to evaluate the overall vehicle performance. The HIL simulation results show that the designed lean combustion control strategy can reduce fuel consumption and is able to meet the torque requirement at lean engine operating conditions.


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