On-line adaptive model predictive control in a process control system
US7856281B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 7, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B13/048
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of creating and using an adaptive DMC type or other MPC controller includes using a model switching technique to periodically determine a process model, such as a parameterized process model, for a process loop on-line during operation of the process. The method then uses the process model to generate an MPC control model and creates and downloads an MPC controller algorithm to an MPC controller based on the new control model while the MPC controller is operating on-line. This technique, which is generally applicable to single-loop MPC controllers and is particularly useful in MPC controllers with a control horizon of one or two, enables an MPC controller to be adapted during the normal operation of the process, so as to change the process model on which the MPC controller is based to thereby account for process changes. The adaptive MPC controller is not computationally expensive and can therefore be easily implemented within a distributed controller of a process control system, while providing the same or in some cases better control than a PID controller, especially in dead time dominant process loops, and in process loops that are subject to process model mismatch with…
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