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Title: | Multi-Phase Subspace Identification Formulations for Batch Processes With Applications to Rotational Moulding |
Other Titles: | Multi-Phase Batch SSID With Applications to Rotomoulding |
Authors: | Ubene, Evan |
Advisor: | Mhaskar, Prashant |
Department: | Chemical Engineering |
Keywords: | Multi-phase;subspace identification;data-driven;process control;rotational moulding;model predictive control |
Publication Date: | 2023 |
Abstract: | This thesis focuses on the implementation of subspace identification (SSID) for nonlinear, chemical batch processes by introducing a model identification method for multi-phase processes. In this thesis, a multi-phase process refers to chemical or biological batch-like processes with properties that cause a change in the dynamics during the evolution of the process. This can occur, for example, when a process undergoes a change of state upon reaching a melting point. Existing SSID techniques are not designed to utilize any known, multiphase nature of a process in the model identification stage. The proposed approach, Multiphase Subspace Identification (MPSSID), is conducted by first splitting historical data into phases during the identification step and then building a subspace model for each phase. The phases are then connected via a partial least squares (PLS) model that transforms the states from one phase to the next. This approach makes use of existing SSID techniques that allow for model construction using batches of nonunifrom length. Here, MPSSID is applied to a uniaxial rotational moulding process. In rotational moulding, the dynamics switch as the process undergoes heating, melting, and sintering stages that are visibly distinct and recognizable upon a certain temperature (not time) being reached. Results demonstrate the ability of multiphase models to better predict the temperature trajectories and final product quality of validation batches. As an extension to this rotational moulding analysis, additional MPSSID methods of implementation are proposed and the results are compared. A MPSSID mixed integer linear program is then introduced for implementation within model predictive control. The applications to rotational moulding are presented within the context of plastics manufacturing and the impact of plastic on the global climate crisis, with suggestions for future work. |
Description: | A formulation of a subspace identification method for multi-phase processes with applications to rotational moulding and suggestions for improvements and experimental applications. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/28985 |
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