The use of solar thermal systems to produce heat for industrial processes is a feasible option
that is gaining increasing interest in recent years as an initiative toward the zero-carbon …

This paper describes the main issues encountered when applying model predictive control
to hybrid processes. Hybrid model predictive control (HMPC) is a research field non-fully …

The control problem was formulated in the previous chapters considering all signals to
possess an unlimited range. This is not very realistic because in practice all processes are …

The formulation and final control law of two of the more popular MPC algorithms, dynamic
matrix control (DMC) and generalised predictive controller (GPC), are specially analysed in …

This work deals with the main control problems found in solar power systems and the
solutions proposed in literature. The paper first describes the main solar power …

Reset Control Systems addresses the analysis for reset control treating both its basic form
which requires only that the state of the controller be reinitialized to zero (the reset action) …

This article presents a survey of the different automatic control techniques that have been
applied to control the outlet temperature of solar plants with distributed collectors during the …

Modern agriculture is nowadays subject to regulations in terms of quality and environmental
impact and thus it is a field where the application of automatic control techniques has …

This article presents a survey of the different advanced automatic control techniques that
have been applied to control the outlet temperature of solar plants with distributed collectors …

Abstract Model Predictive Control (MPC) originated in the late seventies and has developed
considerably since then. The term Model Predictive Control does not designate a specific …