| Distinguished Lecture 2 | Robust Iterative Learning Control and Performance Optimization for Industrial Batch Processes |
| Date/Time | Tuesday, May 31, 2016 14:10-14:50 |
| Venue | International Leture Hall of the 2nd floor |
| Presenter | Prof. Tao Liu, Dalian University of Technology, China |
Abstract
Since there often occurs batch-wise or time-varying uncertainties in industrial batch processes, it has been an important research direction in the recent years to develop iterative learning control (ILC) and on-line optimization methods that can hold robust stability for closed-loop control systems. In this talk, the research progress on robust ILC methods in terms of closed-loop control systems will be introduced based the authors¡¯ research results recently explored. Specifically, the direct-type and indirect-type ILC methods will be reviewed with respect to the main design approaches and technical routes, while the pros and cons of these methods are compared through the applications to a few industrial processes and simulation examples. Finally, some problems and challenges associated with robust closed-loop ILC design are pointed out, hoping for more attentions by scholars and engineers in the field of control engineering.
Biography
Guoping Liu received his PhD degree in Control Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, in 2006. He had been a postdoctoral research fellow and later a research assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from May 2006 to April 2010, and an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow in the Institute of Process Systems Engineering at RWTH Aachen University in Germany from May 2010 to June 2012. Currently, he is a professor in the Institute of Advanced Control Technology at Dalian University of Technology. His research interests include chemical and industrial process identification & modeling, robust process control, iterative learning control, batch process optimization. He serves as an Editorial Board Member of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, associate editor of Systems Science and Control Engineering, a member of the Technical Committee on Chemical Process Control of IFAC, Technical Committee on System Identification and Adaptive Control of the IEEE Control System Society, and Chinese Process Control Committee.