Temperature and Water Level Control in Thermal and Nuclear Processes Using a Model Predictive Controller
https://doi.org/10.1134/S2304487X21010119
Abstract
Liquid level and temperature are employed in different industries such as nuclear power plant and power generator units. The water level and temperature have an essential role in nuclear and thermal power plants. A model predictive controller is a feedback control algorithm involving a model of a system to predict its future behavior, and it solves an online optimization algorithm to select the best control action that drives the predicted output to the reference. In this paper, a model predictive controller has been proposed to monitor the temperature and water level. The model predictive controller has two inputs from the temperature sensor and the water level. The system is based on a mathematical model for the task, and then a space model is developed. These systems with multiple inputs and multiple outputs are used as a testbed to find the optimal sequence of control inputs that drive the predicted plant output to track setpoint by changing the prediction horizon and control horizon.
About the Authors
Z. Laidani
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
115409
Moscow
A. O. Tolokonsky
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
115409
Moscow
K. K. Abdulraheem
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
115409
Moscow
M. Ouahioune
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
115409
Moscow
R. Berreksi
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
115409
Moscow
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Laidani Z., Tolokonsky A.O., Abdulraheem K.K., Ouahioune M., Berreksi R. Temperature and Water Level Control in Thermal and Nuclear Processes Using a Model Predictive Controller. Vestnik natsional'nogo issledovatel'skogo yadernogo universiteta "MIFI". 2021;10(1):55-62. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.1134/S2304487X21010119
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