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"Combination of measurements as controlled variables for self-optimizing control"
Vidar Alstad and Sigurd Skogestad
Presented at ESCAPE-13, Lappeenranta, Finland, June. 2003
A new method for selecting controlled variables (c) as linear combination of
measurements (y) is proposed based on the idea of self-optimizing control.
The objective is to find controlled variables, such that a constant setpoint
policy leads to near optimal operation in the presence of low frequency
disturbances (d). We propose to combine as many measurements as there are
unconstrained degrees of freedom (inputs, u) and major disturbances such that
Delta c_{opt}(d)=0. To illustrate the ideas a gas-lift allocation example is
included. The example show that the method proposed here give controlled
variables with good self-optimizing properties.