The paper deals with the design of a predictive controller for a wastewater treatment process. In the considered process, the wastewater is treated in order to obtain an effluent having the substrate concentration within the standard limits established by law (below 20 mg/l). This goal is achieved by controlling the concentration of dissolved oxygen to a certain value. The predictive controller...

This paper presents an analytical modeling method of optimal control variables to maximize output power for switched reluctance generators (SRGs) in single pulse mode operation. This method extends the basic theory of the Stiebler model and utilizes the flux linkage function to express the inductance model of SRG. In this paper, the optimal phase current shape of SRG for maximum output power is...

In this paper, a new algorithm based on model following technique has been presented for a Fuzzy sliding mode control. The proposed technique enables designing of fuzzy controller based on time domain specifications and the response of the fuzzy control law can be properly shaped on a sound mathematical footing. The new fuzzy control law leads to appreciable reduction of number of fuzzy rules a...

Optimal control of many-server heterogenous service systems with service times that have a special hyper-exponential distribution, denoted by H ∗ 2 , which is a mixture of an exponential distribution and a unit point mass at 0, is considered. A static priority policy that assigns priorities to server pools based on their service time distributions is proposed. This policy is shown to be asympto...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is an important activity in all producing facilities and in many organizations to enable vendors, manufacturers and suppliers to interact gainfully and plan optimally their flow of goods and services. To realize this, a dynamic modelling approach for characterizing supply chain activities is opportune, so as to plan efficiently the set of activities over a distribu...

 The use of optimal orthogonal array latin hypercube designs is proposed. Orthogonal arrays were proposed for constructing latin hypercube designs by Tang (1993). Such designs generally have better space filling properties than random latin hypercube designs. Even so, these designs do not necessarily fill the space particularly well. As a result, we consider orthogonal-array-based latin...

Abstract – A new strategy of reaching efficient matched conditions at the maximum speed in RF power delivery systems for plasma processes is proposed and analyzed. Presented method incorporates unique properties of high speed, automatic discrete matching networks, allowing creation of shortest trajectories and bypassing inhibited states of network parameters. The special matching network model ...

The development of amine scrubbing processes for coal and natural gas-fired power plants is essential to reduce CO2 emissions. The design of tailor-made dynamic models to predict CO2 capture in amine scrubbing processes is fundamental for optimal control operations. This paper presents the use of SIMPCA, a subspace system identification technique used to develop a dynamic empirical model for an...

In diesem Artikel werden Ergebnisse der optimalen Steuerung eines SchmelzcarbonatBrennstoffzellensystems unter Lastwechseln präsentiert. Den umfangreichen Berechnungen liegt ein detailliertes, validiertes mathematisches Modell zugrunde, das die zeitliche und örtliche Dynamik der Gasströme, deren elektro-chemische Reaktionen und die in der Zelle herrschenden Temperaturen und elektrischen Spannun...

We study orbital dynamics of a compound solar sail, namely, a Simple Solar Photon Thruster and compare its behavior to that of a common version of sailcraft. To perform this analysis, development of a mathematical model for force created by light reflection on all sailcraft elements is essential. We deduce the equations of sailcraft’s motion and compare performance of two schemes of solar propu...