Application of a Smith Predictor based nonlinear predictive controller to a Solar Power Plant

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 7, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages 414-419

  Gálvez Carrillo, Manuel ^a   De Keyser, Robin ^b   Ionescu, Clara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Delay compensation; Model based control; Nonlinear predictive control; Solar energy; Variable time delay

Indexed keywords

DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

DELAY COMPENSATION; MODEL BASED CONTROLS; NONLINEAR PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER; SELF ADAPTIVE CONTROL; STUDY AND APPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; VARIABLE TIME DELAY;

POWER CONTROL;

EID: 79960946881     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20070822-3-za-2920.00068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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