Robust Multimodel Control Using QFT Techniques Of A Wastewater Treatment Process

Abstract

This paper deals with the design of a robust multimodel controller using QFT (Quantitative Feedback Theory) techniques. The process considered in the paper is a wastewater treatment one and the aim of the control is the obtaining of an effluent having the substrate concentration within the standard limits established by law (under 20 mg/l). The process has been linearized in three steady state functioning points, corresponding to the three main functioning regimes: rain/flood, normal, and drought. For each regime a QFT controller has been designed. Finally a general controller was built through the fuzzy aggregation of the three QFT controllers mentioned above.
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