Optimal control of grinding mill circuit using model predictive static programming: A new nonlinear MPC paradigm

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 29-40

  Le Roux, Johan D ^a   Padhi, Radhakant ^b   Craig, Ian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Comminution; Grinding mill; Model predictive control; Model predictive static programming; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

GRINDING MILLS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

MODEL PREDICTIVE; NONLINEAR MPC; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; STATIC PROGRAMMING;

COMMINUTION;

EID: 84909644997     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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