Real-time global optimisation for distributed parameter control systems

该项目旨在开发同时涉及时间和空间变量以及多时滞的分布参数系统的实时最优控制算法，重点关注采矿和能源应用。目前用于这类系统的最优控制算法速度太慢，不能实时使用，而且经常陷入局部最优，这可能远远低于全局解。这个项目将产生一个新的最优控制框架，以约束传播、切换面优化和输入正则化方面的最新进展为基础。它将产生尖端的数学工具，以补充和开发新技术，并优化天然气液化和锌铝生产中的关键工艺，提高效率并减少生态足迹。该项目将带来新的尖端控制算法，以取代澳大利亚天然气和矿物加工厂普遍存在的低效人工操作。

This project aims to develop real-time optimal control algorithms for distributed parameter systems involving both time and spatial variables and multiple time-delays, with a focus on mining and energy applications. Current optimal control algorithms for such systems are too slow for real-time use and often get trapped at local optima, which can be vastly inferior to the global solution. This project will result in a new optimal control framework, underpinned by recent advances in constraint propagation, switching surface optimisation, and input regularisation. It will result in cutting-edge mathematical tools to complement and exploit new technologies and optimise key processes in natural gas liquefaction and zinc and alumina production, increasing efficiency and reducing the ecological footprint. This project will lead to new cutting-edge control algorithms for replacing the inefficient manual operations endemic in Australia’s natural gas and mineral processing plants.