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Abstract
An industrial case study involving a large-scale hydraulic network underlying a district heating system subject to structural changes is considered. The problem of controlling the pressure drop across the so-called end-user valves in the network to a designated vector of reference values under directional actuator constraints is addressed. The proposed solution consists of a set of decentralized positively constrained proportional control actions. The results show that the closed-loop system always has a globally asymptotically stable equilibrium point independently on the number of end-users. Furthermore, by a proper design of controller gains the closed-loop equilibrium point can be designed to belong to an arbitrarily small neighborhood of the desired equilibrium point. Since there exists a globally asymptotically stable equilibrium point independently on the number of end-users in the system, it is concluded that structural changes can be implemented without risk of introducing instability. In addition, structural changes can be easily implemented due to the decentralized control architecture.
Original language | English |
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Journal | I E E E Transactions on Control Systems Technology |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 6 |
Pages (from-to) | 2417-2423 |
ISSN | 1063-6536 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 11 Mar 2014 |
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Distributed Pump Control in Hydraulic Networks
Jensen, T. N., Wisniewski, R. & Kallesøe, C. S.
01/04/2012 → 31/03/2014
Project: Research