Robust nonlinear model predictive control for a PWR nuclear power plant

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Eliasi, H ^a   Menhaj, M B ^a   Davilu, H ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Constrained nonlinear systems; Model predictive control; PWR nuclear power plants; Robust control

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LOAD FOLLOWING; LOAD-FOLLOWING OPERATION; MIN-MAX OPTIMIZATION; NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; STATE CONSTRAINTS;

CONTROLLERS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBUST CONTROL;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 81355149800     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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