DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF SELF-TUNING PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF TIME-DELAY PROCESSES

Majority industrial processes such as thermal, chemical biological, metallurgical, plastic etc., have time-delays. Therefore, the problem of the identification and optimal control of such systems is of great importance. These time-delay processes can be effectively handled by the Model-based Predictive Control method. The paper deals with design of an algorithm for self-tuning predictive control of such processes. The self-tuning principle is one of possible approaches to control of nonlinear systems or systems with uncertainties. Three types of processes were chosen for simulation verification of the designed self-tuning predictive controller. The program system MATLAB/SIMULINK was used for testing and verification of this predictive controller.