Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190102478

Funded Activity Summary

Real-time global optimisation for distributed parameter control systems. 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.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2021

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $380,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optimisation | Numerical and Computational Mathematics | Numerical Computation | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mining and Extraction of Zinc Ores | Oil and Gas Extraction | Alumina Production |

Other Keywords

Alumina Production | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation | Mining and Extraction of Zinc Ores | Numerical Computation | Numerical and Computational Mathematics | Oil and Gas Extraction | Optimisation

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