The Tuning of a Model-Free Controller for an Anaerobic Digestion Process using ADM1 as Virtual Plant

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, it was considered the control of the effluent quality from an anaerobic digestion process using the Model-Free Control approach. The authors specify the procedure for the assessment of the parameters of the control law and propose a solution to ensure the stable operation of the control system, at the wide modification of the operation regime of the process. In this framework, there are used the qualitative information on the static and the dynamic properties of the process, derived from the ADM1 model, considered as a virtual plant .