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Robustness Analysis of a Distributed MPC Control System of a Turbo-Generator Set of a Nuclear Plant – Disturbance Issues

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Typically, there are two main control loops with PI controllers operating at each turbo-generator set. In this paper, a distributed model predictive controller with local quadratic model predictive controllers for the turbine generator is proposed instead of a set of classical PI controllers. The local quadratic predictive controllers utilize step-response models for the controlled system components. The parameters of these models are determined based on the proposed black-box models of the turbine and synchronous generator, which parameters are identified on-line with the recursive least-squares algorithm. A robustness analysis of the control system with respect to different disturbances is presented in the paper. There are various configurations considered, such as change in disturbance levels from the side of electrical and thermal systems, or changes in prediction horizons.

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  1. Faculty of Automatic Control, Robotics and Electrical Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Paweł Sokólski & Dariusz Horla

  2. Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

    Tomasz A. Rutkowski

  3. Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Bartosz Ceran

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  1. ŁUKASIEWICZ Research Network, Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP, Warsaw, Poland

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Sokólski, P., Rutkowski, T.A., Ceran, B., Horla, D. (2021). Robustness Analysis of a Distributed MPC Control System of a Turbo-Generator Set of a Nuclear Plant – Disturbance Issues. In: Szewczyk, R., Zieliński, C., Kaliczyńska, M. (eds) Automation 2021: Recent Achievements in Automation, Robotics and Measurement Techniques. AUTOMATION 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1390. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74893-7_17

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