Title : 
Neural modeling and control of a heat exchanger based on SPSA techniques
         
        
            Author : 
Renotte, C. ; Vande Wouwer, A. ; Remy, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Lab. d´´Autom., Faculte Polytech. de Mons, Belgium
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The aim of the paper is twofold: first, we consider a variation of the first-order simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) algorithm developed by Spall (1992, 1998) which makes use of several numerical artifices, including adaptive gain sequences, gradient smoothing and a step rejection procedure, to enhance convergence and stability. Second, we present numerical studies on a non-trivial test-example, i.e., the water cooling of sulfuric acid in a two-tank system. This numerical evaluation includes the development of a neural model as well as the design of a model-based predictive neural PID controller
         
        
            Keywords : 
approximation theory; control system synthesis; convergence; gradient methods; heat exchangers; identification; neurocontrollers; predictive control; sequences; three-term control; SPSA techniques; adaptive gain sequences; first-order simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation; gradient smoothing; model-based predictive neural PID controller; neural modeling; step rejection procedure; sulfuric acid; two-tank system; water cooling; Approximation algorithms; Convergence of numerical methods; Cooling; Predictive models; Smoothing methods; Stability; Stochastic processes; System testing; Temperature control; Three-term control;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
American Control Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Chicago, IL
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5519-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ACC.2000.879175