Project number:

VEGA 1/0004/17

Title of the project:

Energy Efficient Process Control

Grant scheme:

VEGA

Project type:

VEGA Research Projects

Project duration (start):

01.01.2017

Project duration (end):

31.12.2020

Principal investigator:

Miroslav Fikar

Deputy investigator:

Alajos Mészáros

Investigators:

Ľuboš Čirka, Filip Janeček, Martin Jelemenský, Martin Kalúz, Martin Klaučo, Martin Mojto, Daniela Pakšiová, Radoslav Paulen, Ayush Sharma, Carlos E. Valero, Petra Valiauga, Richard Valo

2020

1. M. Kalúz – Ľ. Čirka – M. Fikar: ELab: A Lightweight SCADA System for Control Engineering Research and Education. Editor(s): Rolf Findeisen, Sandra Hirche, Klaus Janschek, Martin Mönnigmann, In Preprints of the 21st IFAC World Congress (Virtual), Berlin, Germany, July 12-17, 2020, vol. 21, pp. 17469–17474, 2020.
2. Z. Kovacs – J. Števek – M. Fikar – P. Czermak: Kinetic behavior of soluble Pectinex Ultra SP-L converting sucrose into fructo-oligosaccharides in batch and continuous fashion. Progress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences, no. 1, vol. 16, pp. 81–97, 2020.
3. M. Mojto – K. Ľubušký – M. Fikar – R. Paulen: Advanced Process Control of an Industrial Depropanizer Column using Data-based Inferential Sensors. Editor(s): Sauro Pierucci, Flavio Manenti, Giulia Luisa Bozzano, Davide Manca, In 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Elsevier, vol. 30, pp. 1213–1218, 2020.
4. R. Paulen – L. Gomoescu – B. Chachuat: Nested Sampling Approach to Set-membership Estimation. Editor(s): Rolf Findeisen, Sandra Hirche, Klaus Janschek, Martin Mönnigmann, In Preprints of the 21st IFAC World Congress (Virtual), Berlin, Germany, July 12-17, 2020, vol. 21, pp. 7318–7323, 2020.     arXiv

2019

1. Ľ. Čirka – M. Kalúz – D. Dzurková – R. Valo: Educational Device Flexy2 in the Teaching of Experimental Identication. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 239–244, 2019.
2. M. Fikar: Optimal Control of Membrane Processes. In Process Systems Engineering (PSE) Asia, Chulalongkorn Unviersity, Bangkok, Thajsko, pp. 6–6, 2019.
3. A. R. Gottu Mukkula – R. Paulen: Optimal experiment design in nonlinear parameter estimation with exact confidence regions. Journal of Process Control, vol. 83, pp. 187–195, 2019.
4. M. Kalúz – M. Klaučo – Ľ. Čirka – M. Fikar: Flexy2: A Portable Laboratory Device for Control Engineering Education. In 12th IFAC Symposium Advances in Control Education, pp. 159–164, 2019.
5. M. Mojto – K. Ľubušký – M. Fikar – R. Paulen: Design of Data-based Inferential Sensors for Industrial Depropanizer Column. Editor(s): G. Léonard and F. Logist, In Computer Aided Process Engineering, CAPE Forum, pp. 12–13, 2019.
6. M. Mojto – K. Ľubušký – R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Advanced Process Control of a Depropanizer Column. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, 2019.
7. M. Mojto – R. Paulen – K. Ľubušký – M. Fikar: Modelling and Analysis of Control Pairings of an Industrial Depropanizer Column. In Advanced Process Modelling Forum 26-27 March 2019, pp. 5–6, 2019.
8. R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Dynamic real-time optimization of batch processes using Pontryagin’s minimum principle and set-membership adaptation. Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 128, pp. 488–495, 2019.
9. R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Dual-Control-Based Approach to Batch Process Operation under Uncertainty Based on Optimality-Conditions Parametrization. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, no. 30, vol. 58, pp. 13508–13516, 2019.
10. A. Sharma – R. Valo – M. Kalúz – R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Implementation of optimal strategy to economically improve batch membrane separation. Journal of Process Control, vol. 76, pp. 155–164, 2019.
11. C. E. Valero – R. Paulen: Set-Theoretic State Estimation for Multi-output Systems using Block and Sequential Approaches. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 268–273, 2019.
12. C. E. Valero – R. Paulen: Effective Recursive Set-membership State Estimation for Robust Linear MPC. In 12th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems DYCOPS 2019, Elsevier, pp. 486–491, 2019.
13. P. Valiauga – R. Paulen: Moving-horizon Guaranteed Parameter Estimation: Influence of the Measurement Error. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 256–261, 2019.
14. P. Valiauga – R. Paulen: Moving-horizon Guaranteed Parameter Estimation. In 12th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems DYCOPS 2019, Elsevier, pp. 112–117, 2019.

2018

1. P. Bakaráč – M. Klaučo – M. Fikar: Comparison of Inverted Pendulum Stabilization with PID, LQ, and MPC Control. Editor(s): J. Cigánek, Š. Kozák, A. Kozáková, In 2018 Cybernetics & Informatics (K&I), Slovak Chemical Library, Bratislava, Lazy pod Makytou, Slovakia, vol. 29, 2018.
2. M. Kalúz – Ľ. Čirka – M. Fikar: Flexy: An Open-source Device for Control Education. Editor(s): Cardoso, A., In 13th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing, Nova Gráfica, Univesrity of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, pp. 37–42, 2018.
3. R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Dual robust control of batch processes based on optimality-conditions parameterization. In Preprints, 10th IFAC International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes Shenyang, Liaoning, China, July 25-27, 2018, Elsevier, pp. 768–773, 2018.
4. R. Paulen – A. Sharma – M. Fikar: Dynamic Real-time Optimization of Batch Membrane Processes using Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle. Editor(s): Anton Friedl, Jiří J. Klemeš, Stefan Radl, Petar S. Varbanov, Thomas Wallek, In 28th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Elsevier, vol. 28, pp. 1045–1050, 2018.
5. U. Sharma – S. Thangavel – A. R. Gottu Mukkula – R. Paulen: Effective Recursive Parallelotopic Bounding for Robust Output-Feedback Control. In 18th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, IFAC, pp. 1032–1035, 2018.
6. A. Sharma – R. Valo – M. Kalúz – R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Experimental validation and comparison of time-optimal and industrial strategy for membrane separation process. In Preprints of the 9th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Vienna, Austria, February 21-23, 2018, pp. 869–874, 2018.
7. S. Thangavel – S. Lucia – R. Paulen – S. Engell: Dual robust nonlinear model predictive control: A multi-stage approach. Journal of Process Control, vol. 72, pp. 39–51, 2018.

2017

1. Ľ. Čirka – M. Kalúz: A Web-based Tool for Design of Simulink Models. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 92–97, 2017.
2. M. Fikar: Optimal Control of Batch Membrane Processes (in Slovak). Editor(s): Zdeněk Palatý, In Membránové procesy pro udržitelný rozvoj, Česká membránová platforma, z.s, 2017.
3. M. Jelemenský – R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Time-optimal Batch Diafiltration under Fouling and Limiting Flux Conditions. In 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, vol. 10, 2017.
4. M. Kalúz – Ľ. Čirka – R. Valo – M. Fikar: Lab of Things: A Network-Based I/O Services for Laboratory Experimentation. In Preprints of the 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, vol. 20, pp. 14028–14033, 2017.
5. A. Sharma – M. Jelemenský – R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Optimal Operation of Nanofilter Based Diafiltration Processes Using Experimental Permeation Models. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 185–190, 2017.
6. A. Sharma – M. Jelemenský – R. Paulen – M. Fikar: Modeling and optimal operation of batch closed-loop diafiltration processes. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol. 122, pp. 198–210, 2017.