Optimal Control of Membrane-Filtration Systems

DOI10.1109/TAC.2018.2866638zbMATH Open1482.49044arXiv1702.02443OpenAlexW2766755545MaRDI QIDQ5223720FDOQ5223720

Authors: Nesrine Kalboussi, A. Rapaport, Térence Bayen, Nihel Ben Amar, Fatma Ellouze, Jérôme Harmand 

Publication date: 18 July 2019

Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper studies an optimal control problem related to membrane filtration processes. A simple mathematical model of membrane fouling is used to capture the dynamic behavior of the filtration process which consists in the attachment of matter onto the membrane during the filtration period and the detachment of matter during the cleaning period. We consider the maximization of the net production of a membrane filtration system (i.e. the filtrate) over a finite time horizon, where control variable is the sequence of filtration/backwashing cycles over the operation time of process. Based on the Pontryagin Maximum Principle, we characterize the optimal control strategy and show that it presents a singular arc. Moreover we prove the existence of an additional switching curve before reaching the terminal state, and also the possibility of having a dispersal curve as a locus where two different strategies are both optimal.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.02443

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of optimal control and differential games (49N90)

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