ALADIN-based Distributed Model Predictive Control with dynamic partitioning: An application to Solar Parabolic Trough Plants

P. Chanfreut Palacio, J.M. Maestre, D. Krishnamoorthy, E.F. Camacho

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Abstract

This article presents a distributed model predictive controller with time-varying partitioning based on the augmented Lagrangian alternating direction inexact Newton method (ALADIN). In particular, we address the problem of controlling the temperature of a heat transfer fluid (HTF) in a set of loops of solar parabolic collectors by adjusting its flow rate. The control problem involves a nonlinear prediction model, decoupled inequality constraints, and coupled affine constraints on the system inputs. The application of ALADIN to address such a problem is combined with a dynamic clustering-based partitioning approach that aims at reducing, with minimum performance losses, the number of variables to be coordinated. Numerical results on a 10-loop plant are presented.
Original languageEnglish
Article number2305.02821
Number of pages7
JournalarXiv
Volume2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 May 2023

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