Christian Hartlep
Siemens AG, Germany
Toivo Henningsson
Modelon AB, Sweden
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp15118321Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Modelica Conference, Versailles, France, September 21-23, 2015
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 118:34, p. 321-327
Published: 2015-09-18
ISBN: 978-91-7685-955-1
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
In the past JModelica.org was successfully applied for generating optimal trajectories. Using it for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) is the natural next step and sets high requirements on calculation time. To improve real time capabilities warmstarting of the optimization and elimination of algebraic variables based on Block Lower Triangular (BLT) form were implemented. In performance comparisons, using the example of steam temperature control, a speed-up of the optimization time by factor five and two respectively was measured. The increased efficiency allows application of NMPC to faster systems than before.
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