Embedded real-time MPC implementation using Rapid Prototyping Tools: A thermal process case study

Author

Harja, Gabriel ; Hernandez, A. ; De Keyser, Robin ; Nascu, Ioana

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. energy, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium

fYear

2013

fDate

11-13 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

250

Lastpage

255

Abstract

Recently, a strong interest has been observed in the development of new control strategies for solving optimization problems on embedded devices. Particularly, Model Predictive Control (MPC) became quite popular nowadays due to its multiple successful implementations in real-life industrial applications. The aim of this contribution is to provide practical information throughout the use of VeriStand and CompactRIO as Rapid Prototyping Tools (RPT) for implementing MPC algorithms from Matlab/Simulink code. The effectiveness of this tool is tested on a nonlinear thermal process with variable time delay, in which three different implementations of MPC to deal with both nonlinear dynamics and time delay were evaluated.

Keywords

control engineering computing; delays; embedded systems; nonlinear dynamical systems; optimisation; predictive control; process control; software prototyping; CompactRIO; MPC algorithms; Matlab-Simulink code; RPT; VeriStand; control strategies; embedded devices; embedded real-time MPC implementation; model predictive control; nonlinear dynamics; nonlinear thermal process; optimization problems; rapid prototyping tools; real-life industrial applications; variable time delay; Delay effects; Electron tubes; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Prediction algorithms; Process control; Real-time systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC), 2013 17th International Conference

Conference_Location

Sinaia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2227-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSTCC.2013.6688968

Filename

6688968