State Estimation and Nonlinear Tracking Control Simulation Approach: Application to a Bioethanol Production System

Tracking control of specifc variables is key to achieve a proper fermentation. This paper analyzes a fed-batch bioethanol production process. For this system, a controller design based on linear algebra is proposed. Moreover, to achieve a reliable control, on-line monitoring of certain variables is...

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Authors: Fernández Puchol, María Cecilia, Pantano, Maria Nadia, Rodriguez Aguilar, Leandro Pedro Faustino, Scaglia, Gustavo Juan Eduardo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/152828
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/152828
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:ON-LINE MONITORING
PROFILES TRACKING CONTROL
FED-BATCH BIOPROCESS
NON-LINEAR AND MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEM
STATE ESTIMATION
GAUSSIAN PROCESS
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Summary:Tracking control of specifc variables is key to achieve a proper fermentation. This paper analyzes a fed-batch bioethanol production process. For this system, a controller design based on linear algebra is proposed. Moreover, to achieve a reliable control, on-line monitoring of certain variables is needed. In this sense, for unmeasurable variables, state estimators based on Gaussian processes are designed. Cell, ethanol and glycerol concentrations are predicted with only substrates measurement. Simulation results when the controller and estimators are coupled, are shown. Furthermore, the algorithms were tested with parametric uncertainties and disturbances in the control action, and are compared, in all cases, with neural networks estimators (previous work). Bayesian estimators show a performance improvement, which is refected in a decrease of the total error. Proposed techniques give reliable monitoring and control tools, with a low computational and economic cost, and less mathematical complexity than neural network estimators.