Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA Laboratories

Process control is an essential part of the desalination industry that requires to be controlled at theoptimum operating conditions to guarantee an increase in the life time of the plant and reduction of theunit product cost. Desalination is a highly complex process, so the majority of dynamic model...

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Main Authors: Ana Isabel González Santos, Marvyn Ávila Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, Cujae 2014-09-01
Series:Revista Cubana de Ingeniería
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Online Access:http://rci.cujae.edu.cu/index.php/rci/article/view/234
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description Process control is an essential part of the desalination industry that requires to be controlled at theoptimum operating conditions to guarantee an increase in the life time of the plant and reduction of theunit product cost. Desalination is a highly complex process, so the majority of dynamic models are ofthe form of Multi-Inputs-Multi-Outputs (MIMO) systems. Controlling a MIMO system is a complexoperation because of the interconnections between the inputs and the influence of each one of them onthe system outputs. In this paper, we present the MIMO dynamic model that was developed for a twostageReverse Osmosis (RO) desalination system at AICA Laboratories. The purpose of this researchwas to apply a new control strategy to the system based on a Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm.The control system proposed was simulated through computer by using Simulink/Matlab software.The simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed controller based on MPC strategy and canbe useful to increase knowledge in control processes in reverse osmosis desalination systems.
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spelling doaj.art-153b3e30c592449cab1e2f7ae45147fe2022-12-22T01:09:29ZspaUniversidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, CujaeRevista Cubana de Ingeniería2223-17812014-09-015251410.1234/rci.v5i2.234139Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA LaboratoriesAna Isabel González Santos0Marvyn Ávila Rodríguez1Facultad de Electrica-CUJAELaboratorios AICA, La Habana, CubaProcess control is an essential part of the desalination industry that requires to be controlled at theoptimum operating conditions to guarantee an increase in the life time of the plant and reduction of theunit product cost. Desalination is a highly complex process, so the majority of dynamic models are ofthe form of Multi-Inputs-Multi-Outputs (MIMO) systems. Controlling a MIMO system is a complexoperation because of the interconnections between the inputs and the influence of each one of them onthe system outputs. In this paper, we present the MIMO dynamic model that was developed for a twostageReverse Osmosis (RO) desalination system at AICA Laboratories. The purpose of this researchwas to apply a new control strategy to the system based on a Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm.The control system proposed was simulated through computer by using Simulink/Matlab software.The simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed controller based on MPC strategy and canbe useful to increase knowledge in control processes in reverse osmosis desalination systems.http://rci.cujae.edu.cu/index.php/rci/article/view/234proceso MIMOdesalacióncontrolador MPCósmosis inversa
spellingShingle Ana Isabel González Santos
Marvyn Ávila Rodríguez
Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA Laboratories
Revista Cubana de Ingeniería
proceso MIMO
desalación
controlador MPC
ósmosis inversa
title Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA Laboratories
title_full Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA Laboratories
title_fullStr Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA Laboratories
title_full_unstemmed Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA Laboratories
title_short Model Predictive Control of the Reverse Osmosis Plant at AICA Laboratories
title_sort model predictive control of the reverse osmosis plant at aica laboratories
topic proceso MIMO
desalación
controlador MPC
ósmosis inversa
url http://rci.cujae.edu.cu/index.php/rci/article/view/234
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