基于扩张状态观测器的车辆横摆稳定模型预测控制器设计

针对车辆横摆稳定性控制问题,本文提出一种基于扩张状态观测器的线性模型预测控制器设计方法.首先,将非线性车辆模型线性化,建立带有模型误差干扰项的线性模型,其中线性化导致的模型误差采用扩张状态观测器估计得到,并证明了观测器的稳定性.然后基于此模型设计线性预测控制器,近似实现了非线性预测控制器的控制效果,同时降低了计算量.最后,通过不同路况下的仿真实验结果,验证了所提方法的计算性能和控制效果.     

Unscented Kalman filter based nonlinear model predictive control of a LDPE autoclave reactor

This paper presents a multivariable nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) scheme for the regulation of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) autoclave reactor. A detailed mechanistic process model developed previously was used to describe the dynamics of the LDPE reactor and the properties of the polymer product. Closed-loop simulations are used to demonstrate the disturbance rejection and tracking performance of the NMPC algorithm for control of reactor temperature and weight-averaged molecular weight (WAMW). In addition, the effect of parametric uncertainty in the kinetic rate constants of the LDPE reactor model on closed-loop performance is discussed. The unscented Kalman filtering (UKF) algorithm is employed to estimate plant states and disturbances. All control simulations were performed under conditions of noisy process measurements and structural plant–model mismatch. Where appropriate, the performance of the NMPC algorithm is contrasted with that of linear model predictive control (LMPC). It is shown that for this application the closed-loop performance of the UKF based NMPC scheme is very good and is superior to that of the linear predictive controller.     

Identification and predictive control of a multistage evaporator

A recurrent neural network-based nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) scheme in parallel with PI control loops is developed for a simulation model of an industrial-scale five-stage evaporator. Input–output data from system identification experiments are used in training the network using the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm with automatic differentiation. The same optimization algorithm is used in predictive control of the plant. The scheme is tested with set-point tracking and disturbance rejection problems on the plant while control performance is compared with that of PI controllers, a simplified mechanistic model-based NMPC developed in previous work and a linear model predictive controller (LMPC). Results show significant improvements in control performance by the new parallel NMPC–PI control scheme.     

基于T-S模糊模型的非线性预测控制策略

提出了一种新的基于T-S模糊模型的非线性预测控制策略. T-S模糊模型用于描述对象的非线性动态特性, 通过将模糊模型的输出反馈回来作为模型输入, 从而构成了模糊多步预报器. 由于T-S模糊模型每条规则的结论部分是一个线性模型, 因此整个模糊模型可以看作一个线性时变系统, 从而将模糊预测控制器中的非线性优化问题转化为一个线性二次寻优问题, 以方便求解. pH中和过程的仿真结果表明其性能优于传统的动态矩阵控制器.     

Experimental application of nonlinear model predictive control: temperature control of an industrial semi-batch pilot-plant reactor

This paper describes the application of nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) to the temperature control of a semi-batch chemical reactor equipped with a multi-fluid heating/cooling system. The strategy of the nonlinear control system is based on a constrained optimisation problem, which is solved repeatedly on-line by a step-wise integration of a nonlinear dynamic model and optimisation strategy. A supervisory control routine has been developed, based on the same nonlinear dynamic model, to handle automatically the fluid changeovers. Both NMPC and supervisory control have been implemented on a PC and applied to a 16 l batch reactor pilot plant. Experiments illustrate the feasibility of such a procedure involving predictive control and supervisory control.     

Design of observer based nonlinear model predictive controller for a continuous stirred tank reactor

Model predictive control (MPC) schemes are now widely used in process industries for the control of key unit operations. Linear model predictive control (LMPC) schemes which make use of linear dynamic model for prediction, limit their applicability to a narrow range of operation (or) to systems which exhibit mildly nonlinear dynamics.

In this paper, a nonlinear observer based model predictive controller (NMPC) for nonlinear system has been proposed. An approach to design NMPC based on fuzzy Kalman filter (FKF) and augmented state fuzzy Kalman filter (ASFKF) has been presented. The efficacy of the proposed NMPC schemes have been demonstrated by conducting simulation studies on the continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). The analysis of the extensive dynamic simulation studies revealed that, the NMPC schemes formulated produces satisfactory performance for both servo and regulatory problems. Simulation results also include an inferential control case, where the reactor concentration is not measured but estimated from temperature measurement and used in the NMPC based on FKF and ASFKF formulations.     

Economic model predictive control of nonlinear singularly perturbed systems

We focus on the development of a Lyapunov-based economic model predictive control (LEMPC) method for nonlinear singularly perturbed systems in standard form arising naturally in the modeling of two-time-scale chemical processes. A composite control structure is proposed in which, a “fast” Lyapunov-based model predictive controller (LMPC) using a quadratic cost function which penalizes the deviation of the fast states from their equilibrium slow manifold and the corresponding manipulated inputs, is used to stabilize the fast dynamics while a two-mode “slow” LEMPC design is used on the slow subsystem that addresses economic considerations as well as desired closed-loop stability properties by utilizing an economic (typically non-quadratic) cost function in its formulation and possibly dictating a time-varying process operation. Through a multirate measurement sampling scheme, fast sampling of the fast state variables is used in the fast LMPC while slow-sampling of the slow state variables is used in the slow LEMPC. Appropriate stabilizability assumptions are made and suitable constraints are imposed on the proposed control scheme to guarantee the closed-loop stability and singular perturbation theory is used to analyze the closed-loop system. The proposed control method is demonstrated through a nonlinear chemical process example.     

Explicit output-feedback nonlinear predictive control based on black-box models

Nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) algorithms are based on various nonlinear models. A number of on-line optimization approaches for output-feedback NMPC based on various black-box models can be found in the literature. However, NMPC involving on-line optimization is computationally very demanding. On the other hand, an explicit solution to the NMPC problem would allow efficient on-line computations as well as verifiability of the implementation. This paper applies an approximate multi-parametric nonlinear programming approach to explicitly solve output-feedback NMPC problems for constrained nonlinear systems described by black-box models. In particular, neural network models are used and the optimal regulation problem is considered. A dual-mode control strategy is employed in order to achieve an offset-free closed-loop response in the presence of bounded disturbances and/or model errors. The approach is applied to design an explicit NMPC for regulation of a pH maintaining system. The verification of the NMPC controller performance is based on simulation experiments.     

Dynamic modeling and linear model predictive control of gas pipeline networks

A linear model predictive control (LMPC) strategy is developed for large-scale gas pipeline networks. A nonlinear dynamic model of a representative pipeline is derived from mass balances and the Virial equation of state. Because the full-order model is ill-conditioned, reduced-order models are constructed using time-scale decomposition arguments. The first reduced-order model is used to represent the plant in closed-loop simulations. The dimension of this model is reduced further to obtain the linear model used for LMPC design. The LMPC controller is formulated to regulate certain pipeline pressures by manipulating production setpoints of cryogenic air separation plants. Both input and output variables are subject to operational constraints. Three methods for handling output constraint infeasibilities are investigated.     

Real-time control of a water-gas shift reactor by a model-based fuzzy gain scheduling technique

A model-based fuzzy gain scheduling technique is proposed. Fuzzy gain scheduling is a form of variable gain scheduling which involves implementing several linear controllers over a partitioned process space. A higher-level rule-based controller determines which local controller is executed. Unlike conventional gain scheduling, a controller with fuzzy gain scheduling uses fuzzy logic to dynamically interpolate controller parameters near region boundaries based on known local controller parameters. Model-based fuzzy gain scheduling (MFGS) was applied to PID controllers to control a laboratory-scale water-gas shift reactor. The experimental results were compared with those obtained by PID with standard fuzzy gain scheduling, PID with conventional gain scheduling, simple PID and a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) strategy. The MFGS technique performed comparably to the NMPC method. It exhibited excellent control behaviour over the desired operating space, which spanned a wide temperature range. The other three PID-based techniques were adequate only within a limited range of the same operating space. Due to the simple algorithm involved, the MFGS technique provides a low cost alternative to other computationally intensive control algorithms such as NMPC.     

时变非线性不确定系统H∞鲁棒模型预测控制

针对输入受限的时变不确定非线性系统,提出一种H∞鲁棒模型预测控制策略。假设线性化系统矩阵一致有界,将非凸的无穷时域优化问题转化为带有单个线性矩阵不等式(LMI)约束的凸优化问题,降低控制量求解难度。结合滚动优化原理与H∞控制方法在线极小化性能指标,使得闭环系统满足控制性能和约束。在LMI框架下给出H∞NMPC的求解方法及其鲁棒稳定性充分条件。仿真实验对比验证了该策略的有效性。     

Theoretical analysis of unconstrained nonlinear model predictive control

Model predictive control (MPC) is a well-established controller design strategy for linear process models. Because many chemical and biological processes exhibit significant nonlinear behaviour, several MPC techniques based on nonlinear process models have recently been proposed. The most significant difference between these techniques is the computational approach used to solve the nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) optimization problem. Consequently, analysis of NMPC techniques is often connected to the computational approach employed. In this paper, a theoretical analysis of unconstrained NMPC is presented that is independent of the computational approach. A nonlinear discrete-time, state-space model is used to predict the effects of future inputs on future process outputs. It is shown that model inverse, pole-placement, and steady-state controllers can be obtained by suitable selection of the control and prediction horizons. Moreover, the NMPC optimization problem can be modified to yield nonlinear internal model control (NIMC). The computational requirements of NIMC are considerably less than NMPC, but the NIMC approach is currently restricted to nonlinear models with well-defined and stable inverses. The NIMC controller is shown to provide superior servo and regulatory performance to a linear IMC controller for a continuous stirred tank reactor.     

基于扩张状态观测器的分散模型预测控制

针对复杂关联系统中分散控制方法无法有效解决子系统间的耦合和干扰问题, 提出一种基于扩张状态观测器的分散模型预测控制算法. 首先将复杂关联系统分解为多个状态维数较低、控制变量较少的子系统, 并为每个子系统设计本地预测控制器; 然后, 采用扩张状态观测器对子系统的耦合项以及干扰项进行估计, 进而利用估计值对子系统进行前馈补偿, 从而降低复杂关联系统的计算复杂度, 提高系统的稳定性和抗干扰能力; 最后, 利用液位控制系统验证了所提出算法的有效性.

     

事件触发双模分布式预测控制

本文针对有界扰动作用下的线性离散大系统,提出了事件触发双模分布式预测控制设计方法.利用输入状态稳定性(input-to-state stability,ISS)理论建立了仅与子系统自身信息相关的事件触发条件.只有子系统满足相应的事件触发条件,才进行状态信息的传输和分布式预测控制优化问题的求解,并与邻域子系统交互最优解作用下的关联信息.当子系统进入不变集时,采用状态反馈控制律进行镇定,并与进入不变集的邻域子系统不再交互信息.分析了算法的递推可行性和系统的闭环稳定性,给出了扰动的上界.最后,通过车辆控制系统对算法进行仿真验证,结果表明,本文提出的方法能够有效降低优化问题的求解次数和关联信息的交互次数,节约计算资源和通信资源.     

Product property and production rate control of styrene polymerization

A multivariable multi-rate nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) strategy is applied to styrene polymerization. The NMPC algorithm incorporates a multi-rate Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) to handle state variable and parameter estimation. A fundamental model is developed for the styrene polymerization CSTR, and control of polymer properties such as number average molecular weight (NAMW) and polydispersity is considered. These properties characterize the final polymer distribution and are strong indicators of the polymer qualities of interest. Production rate control is also demonstrated. Temperature measurements are available frequently while laboratory measurements of concentration and molecular weight distribution are available infrequently with substantial time delays between sampling and analysis. Observability analysis of the augmented system provides guidelines for the design of the augmented disturbance model for use in estimation using the multi-rate EKF. The observability analysis links measurement sets and corresponding observable disturbance models, and shows that measurements of moments of the polymer distribution are essential for good estimation and control. The CSTR is operated at an open-loop unstable steady state. Control simulations are performed under conditions of plant-model structural mismatch and in the presence of parameter uncertainty and disturbances, and the proposed multi-rate NMPC algorithm is shown to provide superior performance compared to linear multi-rate and nonlinear single-rate MPC algorithms. The major contributions of this work are the development of the multi-rate estimator and the measurement design study based on the observability analysis.     

基于支持向量机N4SID辨识模型的非线性预测控制

针对工业控制领域中非线性系统的模型辨识与预测控制问题,采用最小二乘支持向量机回归方法构造非线性函数,运用状态子空间（N4SID）模型辨识方法辨识非线性状态空间模型.在此基础上建立非线性预测控制器,利用拟牛顿算法进行非线性预测控制律的求解,从而实现了一种新的基于支持向量机N4SID辨识模型的非线性预测控制算法.仿真实验验证了该算法的有效性和可行性.     

A novel adaptive fuzzy predictive control for hybrid systems with mixed inputs

This paper proposes a new adaptive nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) methodology for a class of hybrid systems with mixed inputs. For this purpose, an online fuzzy identification approach is presented to recursively estimate an evolving Takagi–Sugeno (eTS) model for the hybrid systems based on a potential clustering scheme. A receding horizon adaptive NMPC is then devised on the basis of the online identified eTS fuzzy model. The nonlinear MPC optimization problem is solved by a genetic algorithm (GA). Diverse sets of test scenarios have been conducted to comparatively demonstrate the robust performance of the proposed adaptive NMPC methodology on the challenging start-up operation of a hybrid continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) benchmark problem.     

A combined approach to nonlinear model predictive control of fast systems

A new solution strategy, a combination of the multiple shooting and collocation method, is proposed for nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) of fast systems. The multiple shooting method is used for discretizing the dynamic model, through which the optimal control problem is transformed to a nonlinear program (NLP) problem. To solve this NLP problem the values of state variables and their gradients at the end of each shooting need to be computed. We use collocation on finite elements (CFE) to carry out this task. Due to its higher numerical accuracy the computation efficiency can be enhanced considerably, in comparison to an ordinary differential equation solver commonly used in the existing multiple shooting approach for integrating the ODEs and the chain-rule for the gradient computation. Therefore, the NMPC algorithm proposed can be applied to the control of fast systems. The performance of the proposed approach is demonstrated with three optimal control problems.     

Enlarging the terminal region of quasi-infinite horizon NMPC based on T-S fuzzy model

The paper presents a method for enlarging the terminal region of quasi-infinity horizon nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) for nonlinear systems with constraints. The main technique builds on the fact that terminal controllers are fictitious and never applied to the system in the quasi-infinite horizon NMPC [1]. Based on T-S fuzzy models of nonlinear systems, we show that a parameter-dependent state feedback law exists such that the corresponding value function and its level set can be served as terminal cost and terminal region. The problem of maximizing the terminal region is formulated as a convex optimization problem based on linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

High-order Volterra Model Predictive Control and its application to a nonlinear polymerisation process

Model Predictive Control (MPC) has recently found wide acceptance in the process industry, but existing design and implementation methods are restricted to linear process models. A chemical process, however, involves severe nonlinearity which cannot be ignored in practice. This paper aims to solve this nonlinear control problem by extending MPC to accommodate nonlinear models. It develops an analytical framework for nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC). It also offers a third-order Volterra series based nonparametric nonlinear modelling technique for NMPC design, which relieves practising engineers from the need for deriving a physical-principles based model first. An on-line realisation technique for implementing NMPC is then developed and applied to a Mitsubishi Chemicals polymerisation reaction process. Results show that this nonlinear MPC technique is feasible and very effective. It considerably outperforms linear and low-order Volterra model based methods. The advantages of the developed approach lie not only in control performance superior to existing NMPC methods, but also in eliminating the need for converting an analytical model and then convert it to a Volterra model obtainable only up to the second order.