Project number:
APVV-24-0007
Title of the project:
Robust Optimal Control of Processes
Grant scheme:
APVV VV 2025
Project type:
APVV Research Projects
Project duration (start):
01.09.2025
Project duration (end):
31.08.2028
Principal investigator:
Miroslav Fikar
Investigators:
Mehmet Arıcı, Lenka Galčíková, Juraj Holaza, Gyula Kurucz, Juraj Oravec, Erika Plšičík Pavlovičová, Sofiia Serhiienko, Jozef Vargan

The main aim of the proposed research project is to investigate and design new advanced methods of automatic control in process industries to improve efficiency profitability, stability, and competitiveness of process plants. We will focus on processes with heat and mass transfer where efficiency can be improved significantly. These processes are inherently complex, exhibit nonlinear and hybrid behavior that has consequences in control quality and performance. The aim of the project can be effectively achieved by implementing model predictive control (MPC). We will focus on robust and numerically efficient design of MPC including modern research directions using data-based models. Also, important will be software implementation of proposed solutions, available to a larger community in open-source code as well as verification of the proposed methods in laboratory conditions and with our industrial partners.

Publications

2026

  1. P. Arbetová – R. Fáber – K. Ľubušký – R. Paulen: A Practical Approach to Anomaly Detection in Industrial Data. In 52nd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, pp. 161–161, 2026.
  2. R. Fáber – K. Ľubušký – R. Paulen: A Simplified Framework for Process Model Development in Industrial Simulation Environments. In 52nd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, pp. 162–162, 2026.
  3. R. Fáber – M. Vaccari – R. Bacci di Capaci – K. Ľubušký – G. Pannocchia – R. Paulen: Data-based multi-fidelity modeling for online sensors correction. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2026, Volume 211, vol. 211, pp. 109665, 2026.   Zenodo
  4. J. Gaborčík – K. Ľubušký – R. Paulen: Data Reconciliation for Inventory Monitoring in a Petrol Refinery. In Systems and Control Transactions, vol. 5, pp. 2505–2510, 2026.
  5. M. Horváthová – K. Kiš – M. KlaučoJ. Oravec: Supervised learning for robust predictive control: Safe and tunable approach. Neurocomputing, no. 132637, vol. 671, pp. 132637, 2026.
  6. Y. Jiang – K. Fedorová – R. Schwan – J. Oravec – C. Jones: Distributed Real-Time Cooperative Model Predictive Control. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pp. 1–8, 2026.
  7. A. Lohani – A. Fedor – J. Kurucz – R. Paulen: Real-Time Estimation and Optimal Control of Supersaturation in Sugar Crystallization using Model-based Soft Sensor. In Systems and Control Transactions, vol. 5, pp. 2497–2504, 2026.
  8. E. Plšičík PavlovičováL. GalčíkováJ. HolazaJ. Oravec: Real-time tunable rigid tube MPC using implicit formulation. Journal of Process Control, vol. 163, 2026.
  9. J. Vargan – K. Ľubušký – M. Fikar – M. A. Latifi: Modelling and Parameter Estimation of Propylene Polymerisation Reactor: Industrial Case Study. In Proceedings of the 36th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, 2026.   Zenodo

Investigators


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