Publications by Timm Faulwasser

A note on efficient computation of privileged directions in modifier adaptation

Dominique Bonvin, Martand Singhal, Timm Faulwasser, Alejandro Gabriel Marchetti

In the presence of plant-model mismatch, the estimation of plant gradients is key to the performance of measurement-based iterative optimization schemes. However, gradient estimation requires time-consuming experiments, wherein the plant is sequentially pe ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Real-time optimization of load sharing for gas compressors in the presence of uncertainty

Dominique Bonvin, Timm Faulwasser, Alejandro Gabriel Marchetti, Predrag Milosavljevic

This paper investigates the problem of load-sharing optimization of gas compressors in the presence of uncertainty. The objective is to operate a set of compressor units in an energy-efficient way, while at the same time meeting a varying load demand. The ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2020

Enforcing optimal operation in solid-oxide fuel-cell systems

Dominique Bonvin, Jan Van Herle, Christophe Salzmann, Timm Faulwasser, Tafarel de Avila Ferreira, Zacharie Wuillemin

This paper describes an optimization strategy for operating solid-oxide fuel-cell systems at optimal efficiency. Specifically, we present the experimental validation of a real-time optimization (RTO) strategy applied to a commercial solid-oxide fuel-cell s ...

2019

A distributed feasible-side convergent modifier-adaptation scheme for interconnected systems, with application to gas-compressor stations

Dominique Bonvin, Timm Faulwasser, René Uwe Schneider, Predrag Milosavljevic

2018

Active directional modifier adaptation for real-time optimization

Dominique Bonvin, Timm Faulwasser, Martand Singhal

2018

Adaptation strategies for tracking constraints under plant-model mismatch

Dominique Bonvin, Timm Faulwasser, Martand Singhal

Optimal operating conditions for a process plant are typically obtained via model based optimization. However, due to modeling errors, the operating conditions found are often sub-optimal or, worse, they can violate critical process constraints. Hence, mod ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2018

Hierarchical distributed ADMM for predictive control with applications in power networks

Timm Faulwasser

2018

Optimal Load Sharing for Serial Compressors via Modifier Adaptation

Dominique Bonvin, Timm Faulwasser, René Uwe Schneider, Predrag Milosavljevic

This paper investigates the optimal load-sharing problem of serial gas compressors in the presence of plant-model mismatch. The problem is formulated as a static real-time optimization task that is solved via modifier adaptation for interconnected systems. ...

IEEE2018

Real-Time Optimization of Uncertain Process Systems via Modifier Adaptation and Gaussian Processes

Dominique Bonvin, Colin Neil Jones, Timm Faulwasser, Harsh Ambarishkumar Shukla, Tafarel de Avila Ferreira

In the context of static real-time optimization, the use of measurements allows dealing with uncertainty in the form of plant-model mismatch and disturbances. Modifier adaptation (MA) is a measurement-based scheme that uses first-order corrections to the m ...

IEEE2018

Modifier adaptation with guaranteed feasibility in the presence of gradient uncertainty

Dominique Bonvin, Timm Faulwasser, Alejandro Gabriel Marchetti, Martand Singhal

In the context of real-time optimization, modifier-adaptation schemes use estimates of the plant gradients to achieve plant optimality despite plant-model mismatch. Plant feasibility is guaranteed upon convergence, but not at the successive operating point ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017