Sliding mode scheme for adaptive specific growth rate control in biotechnological fed-batch processes

This paper addresses the control of biomass growth rate in fed-batch bioreactors. The main difficulty when designing controllers for these processes is the lack of accurate on-line knowledge of the controlled variable as well as the strong parameter and model uncertainties. A completely novel approa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Picó Marco, E., Picó, J., de Battista, Hernán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/111675
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/111675
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:NO
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Sumario:This paper addresses the control of biomass growth rate in fed-batch bioreactors. The main difficulty when designing controllers for these processes is the lack of accurate on-line knowledge of the controlled variable as well as the strong parameter and model uncertainties. A completely novel approach to the control design is introduced in this paper which allows us to overcome these problems. In fact, the proposed controller, which is applicable to a large class of fermentation processes, requires minimal knowledge of the process parameters and only uses on-line measurement of volume and biomass concentration. First, a reference  model is proposed and a goal manifold in the state space is derived where the control objective is satisfied. A partial state feedback law is then proved to be an invariant control for the goal manifold. Then, the feedback gain is dynamically adjusted via a discontinuous action that enforces a sliding regime such that all state trajectories are steered towards the goal manifold. This sliding mode controller presents very attractive  robustness properties. The performance of the controller is evaluated through numerical analysis and experimental results.