- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- M. Horváthová – K. Kiš – M. Klaučo – J. Oravec: Supervised learning for robust predictive control: Safe and tunable approach. Neurocomputing, no. 132637, vol. 671, pp. 132637, 2026.
- 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.
- 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.
- E. Plšičík Pavlovičová – L. Galčíková – J. Holaza – J. Oravec: Real-time tunable rigid tube MPC using implicit formulation. Journal of Process Control, vol. 163, 2026.
- 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
Responsibility for content: prof. Ing. Miroslav Fikar, DrSc.
Last update:
15.01.2025 19:22