Model predictive control of thermal effects of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet for biomedical applications

This paper investigates the application of model predictive control (MPC) for regulating the thermal effects of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ). The control objective is to deliver a predetermined thermal dosage to a target surface without inducing any thermal damage. To this end, a nonlinear thermal model is developed for the APPJ under study, and a MPC strategy is designed through repeated linearization of the nonlinear model along the operating trajectory. The performance of the MPC strategy is demonstrated in simulations.

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