Predictive functional control based on fuzzy model for heat-exchanger pilot plant

Abstract In the paper a new method of predictive control is presented. In this approach a well known method of predictive functional control is combined with fuzzy model of the proces. Prediction is based on fuzzy model given in the form of Takagi-Sugeno type of zero-th order. The proposed fuzzy predictive control has been evaluated by implementation on heat-exchanger plant, which exhibits a nonlinear behaviour. It has been shown that in case of nonlinear processes the approach using fuzzy predictive control gives very promising results. The proposed approach is potentialy interesting in the case of batch reactors, heat-exchangers, furnaces and all the processes which are difficult to model.