Cascaded Parameter Estimation for a Water Treatment Plant Using Particle Filters

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Zs. Lendek, K. M. van Schagen, R. Babuška, A. Veersma, and B. De Schutter, "Cascaded parameter estimation for a water treatment plant using particle filters," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 10857-10862, July 2008.

Abstract

Advanced online control of drinking water treatment plants requires reliable models. These models in general involve temperature-dependent, uncertain parameters, which can only be measured in laboratory conditions. We propose to estimate these parameters online, using the available pH quality measurements. Since the pH measurements are a nonlinear combination of the system's states, a particle filter is used. Thanks to the cascaded nature of the plant, the estimation is also performed in a cascaded setting. The performance is evaluated both for simulated and real-world data. Results indicate that the filter can be effectively used to improve the model accuracy.

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@inproceedings{Lenvan:07-036,
   author    = {Lendek, {\relax Zs}{\'{o}}fia and van Schagen, Kim M. and
                Babu{\v{s}}ka, Robert and Veersma, Alex and De Schutter, Bart},
   title     = {Cascaded Parameter Estimation for a Water Treatment Plant Using
                Particle Filters},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress},
   address   = {Seoul, Korea},
   pages     = {10857--10862},
   month     = jul,
   year      = {2008}
   }


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