Journal of Process Control, Vol.24, No.10, 1609-1626, 2014
Fuzzy modeling and stable model predictive tracking control of large-scale power plants
This paper develops a stable model predictive tracking controller (SMPTC) for coordinated control of a large-scale power plant. First, a Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model is established to approximate the behavior of the boiler-turbine coordinated control system (CCS) using fuzzy clustering and subspace identification (SID). Then, an SMPTC is designed based on the fuzzy model to track the power and pressure set-points while guaranteeing the input-to-state stability and the input constraints of the system. An output-based objective function is adopted for the proposed SMPTC so that the controller could be directly applicable for the data-driven model. Moreover, the effect of modeling mismatches and unknown plant variations has been overcome by the use of a disturbance term and steady-state target calculator (SSTC). Simulation results for a 600 MW power plant show that an off-set free tracking performance can be achieved over a wide range load variation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Power plant;Stable model predictive control;Subspace identification;Fuzzy clustering;TS-fuzzy model