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Temperature control in a solar collector field using Filtered Dynamic Matrix Control
Daniel Martins Lima1, Julio Elias Normey-Rico1, Tito Luís Maia Santos2
1Departamento de Automação e Sistemas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Caixa Postal 476, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Abstract:
This paper presents the output temperature control of a solar collector field of a desalinization plant using the Filtered Dynamic Matrix Control (FDMC). The FDMC is a modified controller based on the Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC), a predictive control strategy widely used in industry. In the FDMC, a filter is used in the prediction error, which allows the modification of the robustness and disturbance rejection characteristics of the original algorithm. The implementation and tuning of the FDMC are simple and maintain the advantages of DMC. Several simulation results using a validated model of the solar plant are presented considering different scenarios. The results are also compared to nonlinear control techniques, showing that FDMC, if properly tuned, can yield similar results to more complex control algorithms.
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