eprintid: 128 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/01/28 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:15:45 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:15:45 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:12:51 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Zabiri, H. creators_name: Samyudia, Y. title: A hybrid formulation and design of model predictive control for systems under actuator saturation and backlash ispublished: pub keywords: Actuators; Computer simulation; Integer programming; Mathematical models; Multivariable control systems, Actuator saturation and backlash; Hybrid MPC; MIQP, Control systems note: cited By 72 abstract: In this paper, we develop a hybrid design framework of model predictive controller (MPC) for multivariable systems that simultaneously and explicitly addresses the actuator saturation and backlash. The discrete characteristics of the actuator backlash allows us to mathematically express it as a set of mixed-integer linear inequalities constraint in the inputs. As a result, the constrained MPC design is formulated as solving a mixed-integer quadratic programming (MIQP) problem. Furthermore, the proposed MIQP-based design is applied only in the proximity of steady state operating points after locating the active backlash and providing the estimate of the backlash size. Simulation studies are presented to demonstrate how the hybrid MPC performs when applied to an industrial case study of fluid catalytic cracking unit. It is shown that in the presence of actuator saturation and backlash the closed-loop performance can be improved substantially when applying the hybrid method as compared to the traditional design approaches. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. date: 2006 publisher: Elsevier Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33646564414&doi=10.1016%2fj.jprocont.2006.01.003&partnerID=40&md5=458b95c932a9aeca640e0d3c46a312df id_number: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2006.01.003 full_text_status: none publication: Journal of Process Control volume: 16 number: 7 pagerange: 693-709 refereed: TRUE issn: 09591524 citation: Zabiri, H. and Samyudia, Y. (2006) A hybrid formulation and design of model predictive control for systems under actuator saturation and backlash. Journal of Process Control, 16 (7). pp. 693-709. ISSN 09591524