In this paper, the temperature of a pilot-scale batch reaction system is modeled towards the design of a controller based on the explicit model predictive control (EMPC) strategy. Some mathematical models are developed from experimental data to describe the system behavior. The simplest, yet reliable, model obtained is a (1,1,1)-order ARX polynomial model for which the mentioned EMPC controller has been designed. The resultant controller has a reduced mathematical complexity and, according to the successful results obtained in simulations, will be used directly on the real control system in a next stage of the entire experimental framework.

The research of C. Ocampo-Martinez is partially supported by the Spanish project ECOCIS (Ref. DPI2013-48243-C2-1-R). The authors are glad to thank IRI for hosting this work, and Santander Universidades for funding it through its Becas Iberoamerica Jóvenes Profesores e Investigadores 2013–2014 scholarship.

Trabajo presentado a la 2nd Colombian Conference on Automatic Control celebrada en Manizales (Colombia) del 14 al 16 de octubre de 2015.

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