Research Article

Time-Varying Scheme for Noncentralized Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Systems

Table 2

Model and controller parameters.

Parameter Symbol Value

System
 Storage area, 3.14 (m2)
 Simulation time step length 0.15 (s)

Controller
 Control time step length 0.3 (s)
 Topology switching time step length 1.5 (s)
 Prediction horizon 5 (s)
 Quadratic penalty weight on , 1
 Quadratic penalty weight on , 1
 Reference tank , 0.5
 Cost topologies 1, 3 30
 Cost topologies 2, 4 10
 Cost topologies 5, 6 35
 Cost topology 7 0

Maximum pump capacity 0.5 (m3/s)
Minimum pump capacity 0 (m3/s)
Maximum water level 1 (m)
Minimum water level 0 (m)