The batch evaporator: a case study of target control for hybrid systems using level set methods

A. Trontis, M.P. Spathopoulos

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Abstract

The batch evaporator is employed as a benchmark example of supervisory control synthesis for hybrid systems. The control objective is the design of an emergency shut-down sequence. The specification is translated into a target control problem on hybrid automata and a switching controller is proposed such that all the trajectories of the controlled automaton, which initiate from a given initial set in the state space, reach a target set. The problem is studied in a straightforward manner, through reachability analysis, considering nonlinear continuous dynamics. Level set methods are utilized, where the boundary of the reachable set is characterized as the zero level set of the viscosity solution of a Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2002
Event 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 10 Dec 200213 Dec 2002

Conference

Conference 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period10/12/0213/12/02

Keywords

  • automata theory
  • batch processing (industrial)
  • control system synthesis
  • evaporation
  • nonlinear dynamical systems
  • process control
  • reachability analysis
  • safety systems

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