DFG Research Collaboration
"Optimization Based Control of Chemical Processes"

Research Topics

• Nonlinear Model Predictive Control formulations of a Waste Water Treatment Plant
• Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of the VARICOL chromatographic separation process
• Optimization in the Presence of Uncertainty
• Numerical Solution of Optimal Control Problems in Real-Time
• Hierarchical NMPC Formulations
• Moving Horizon Estimation
• Output Feedback NMPC
• Closed-Loop Stability of NMPC in the Presence of Numerical Errors
• Periodic Control: Open Loop Solutions for VARICOL and Membrane Cleaning