Contraction theory is a recently developed nonlinear control system tool based on an exact diierential analysis of convergence. This paper applies contraction theory to stability analysis and control system design for nonlinear chemical processes. Simple designs with explicit stability and convergence guarantees are obtained by taking advantage of the monotonicity of the reaction rates and the ...

a fault-tolerant control (ftc) methodology has been presented for nonlinear processes being imposed by control input constraints. the proposed methodology uses a combination of feedback linearization and model predictive control (flmpc) schemes. the resulting constraints in the transformed process will be dependent on the actual evolving states, making their incorporation in the design context ...

Concept of model based predictive control (MBPC) has been heralded as one of the most significant control developments in recent ten years. Wide range of choice of model structures, prediction horizon, and optimization criteria allows the designer to easily tailor MBPC to its application in industry. The main idea of Model Predictive Control (MPC) is the prediction of the output signal at each ...