NMPC-SOFAP 2007  Workshop Program 

 

 

Time                       Day 1, Thursday (April 19):

 

08:40 AM               Registration

 

 

09:20 AM               Keynote lecture (chair: Z. Nagy)

                                Industrial application of predictive functional control

                                J. Richalet, founder of ADERSA, France; H. Luft, Degussa AG, Germany

 

 

10:00 AM               Keynote lecture (chair: M. Diehl)

                                Applications of NMPC to industrial batch processes

                                T. S. Schei, Cybernetica AS, Norway

 

 

10:40 AM               Coffee break

 

 

                                Session 1 – Theory and computational aspects (chair: J. Morris) :

11:00 AM               A Global approach to feasibility and extensions for non linear processes

A.Rossiter, L. Shead, University of Sheffield

11:20 AM               Non-linear non-square operability for MPC

                                L. Shead, A. Rossiter, University of Sheffield

11:40 AM               Fast implementation of MPC using Set Membership approximation methodologies

                                M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, Polytechnical University of Torino, Iitaly

 

 

12:00 PM                Lunch

 

 

01:20 PM                Keynote lecture (chair: Z. Nagy)

                                Why is it worth thinking about “robust” in “robust model predictive control”

01:40 PM                E. Kerrigan, Imperial College London, UK

 

 

                                Session 2 – NMPC in chemical engineering I (chair: A. Rossiter):

02:00 PM                Nonlinear predictive control of E. Coli cultures

                                G. Hafidi, S. Tebbani, D. Dumur – Supélec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

                                A. Vande Wouwer – Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium

02:20 PM                An NMPC strategy for conversion targeting in a FCC pilot plant , Development and online implementation.

                                G. Bollas, I. Anastasiou, C. Ziogou, S. Voutetakis, P. Seferlis – CPERI, Thessaloniki, Greece

S. Papadopoulou – ATEI, Thessaloniki, Greece

02:40 PM               Batch reactor swelling constrained level control

                                L. Simon, M. Introvigne, U. Fischer, K. Hungerbühler – ETH Zürich, Switzerland

03:00 PM                An ultimate NMPC solution to the Tennessee Eastman Benchmark Problem?

                                P. Kühl, T. Kraus – IWR, University of Heidelberg, Germany

                                 M. Diehl – OPTEC, KU Leuven, Belgium

 

 

03:20 PM                Coffee break

 

 

Session 3 – Software and implementations (chair: W. Van Brempt ) :

04:00 PM                A software solution for adaptive control vector parameterization for NMPC

A.Hartwich, K. Stockmann, W. Marquardt – RWTH Aachen University, Germany

04:20 PM                MUSCOD-II and the Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Toolkit in a Nutshell

                                M. Diehl – OPTEC, KU Leuven, Belgium

04:40 PM                OASES: Open-Source Implementation of the Online Active Set Strategy for Fast MPC

                                J. Ferreau – OPTEC, KU Leuven, Belgium

05:00 PM                An open source and free software NMPC framework

                                P. Oliveira, A. Romanenko, J. Leal – Ciengis, Portugal  

 

 

05:20 PM                Software demonstrations

 

 

07:00 PM                Dinner starts...

 

 


 

Time                       Day 2, Friday (April 20)

 

 

08:40 AM               Keynote lecture (chair: P. Kühl)

                                Sensitivity-based NMPC with delayed optimization

                                V. Zavala, L. Biegler – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

 

 

                                Session 4 – Industrial applications (chair: T. Schei):

09:20 AM               Model-based Control & Diagnostics for Automotive Catalytic Emission Control Systems

                                K. Muske,  J. Peyton Jones, Villanova University, USA

09:40 AM               Model predictive control for boiler start-up (BoilerMax)

                                R. Franke, K. Krüger, M. Rode, G. Sand – ABB AG, Germany

10:00 AM               Applications and application aspects of NMPC – From simulation to industrial  implementation via OptCon

                                Z. Nagy – Loughborough University

10:20 AM               Challenges for the APC community: serving the unserved audience

                                W. Van Brempt, IPCOS, Belgium

 

 

10:40 AM               Coffee break

 

 

11:00 AM               Round table discussion “NMPC technology requirements in the process industry”

                                lead by Decoster/Kadam (ExxonMobil)

 

 

12:00 PM                Lunch

 

 

01:20 PM                Keynote lecture (chair: M. Diehl)

                                NMPC over networks with guaranteed stability

                                R. Findeisen – University of Stuttgart

               

                               

Session 5 – NMPC in chemical engineering II (chair: L. Biegler):

02:00 PM                MPC Applications in Discontinuous Polymerization Systems

                                D. Silva,  N. Oliveira – University of Coimbra, Portugal

02:20 PM                Nonlinear model predictive start-up control of a plate reactor

                                J. Jørgensen, S. Haugwitz

02:40 PM                Efficient Moving Horizon State and Param. Estimation of Simulated Moving Bed Processes

A.Küpper, S. Engell – University of Dortmund, Germany 

03:00 PM                Towards Model Based process Performance monitoring 

                                J. Morris – Newcastle University, UK

 

 

03:20 PM                Coffee break

 

 

Session 6 – Non-standard applications (chair: K. Muske): 

04:00 PM                NMPC of glucose concentration in subjects with type 1 diabetes

                                L. Magni, D. Raimondo, G. De Nicolao – University of Pavia, Italy

C. Dalla Man, C. Cobelli – University of Padova, Italy; B. Kovatchev – University of Virginia USA

04:20 PM                Model Predictive Control of a Manipulator Robot for Conveyor Tracking

                                M. Guilbert, P.-B. Wieber - INRIA Rhone Alpes, France

04:40 PM                Relevance of MPC for Diesel engine control

                                P. Ortner – University of Linz, Austria

 

 

05:00 PM                Coffee break

 

 

                                Session 7 – New methodologies (chair: R. Findeisen):

05:20 PM                Robust NMPC based on parameterized feedback

                                B. Houska, A. Ilzhöfer – IWR, University of Heidelberg, Germany

05:40 PM                Automatic Differentiation based NMPC of Satellites using magneto-torquers

                                Y. Cao – Cranfield University, UK; W.-H. Chen – Loughborough University, UK

 

 

06:00 PM                Wrap-up by the organizers – End of the workshop