Dans l'industrie sidérurgique, les fours de réchauffage sont les plus grands consommateurs d'énergie après les hauts fourneaux. Réduire leur consommation énergétique est donc la préoccupation majeure de la commande des fours. Dans un four de réchauffage, des brames d'acier sont chauffées en traversant successivement plusieurs zones, de la température ambiante à un profil de température homogène de 1250 °C en sortie du four, avant d’être laminées dans les laminoirs à chaud. La température de brames est contrôlée par une structure de commande hiérarchisée à deux niveaux (niveau 1 et 2).L'objectif de ces travaux est d'améliorer la performance du chauffage et donc de réduire la consommation énergétique du four via une stratégie de commande prédictive distribuée hiérarchisée sur les deux niveaux de commande. Une approche de commande prédictive distribuée est tout d’abord développée pour le niveau 1 afin de suivre les consignes de température de zone, prenant en compte les couplages entre les zones et induisant une moindre complexité d’implantation par rapport à une approche centralisée. L’implantation industrielle a permis une amélioration significative de la précision du suivi de température et une réduction de la consommation d'énergie de 3%. Une deuxième étape propose l’élaboration de la commande prédictive hiérarchisée du niveau 2 afin, à partir de la consigne de température de brame, de déterminer les consignes de température optimales des zones en se fondant sur un modèle de transfert thermique du four. Les résultats de simulation, comparés aux données industrielles, montrent une réduction de la consommation énergétique de 5% et une meilleure qualité de chauffage des brames. L’approche précédente est enfin étendue pour prendre en compte et optimiser le cadencement des brames afin d’augmenter la productivité du four. La simulation montre une augmentation potentielle de productivité du four de 15 tonnes par heure tout en améliorant la qualité de chauffage des brames. / In steel industry, reheating furnaces are the biggest energy consumers after blast furnaces. As a result, reduction of energy consumption is the major concern of furnace control. In a walking-beam slab reheating furnace, steel slabs are heated by moving through successive zones from ambient temperature to a homogenous temperature profile of 1250°C at the furnace exit, to be rolled subsequently in the hot rolling mills. Temperature of slabs is controlled mainly by a two-level hierarchical structure, so called level 1 and level 2.The aim of this thesis is to improve the heating performance and consequently to reduce the energy consumption of the furnace by using hierarchical distributed model predictive control (MPC) strategy for both levels. In a first step, distributed model predictive controllers are developed for the level 1 in order to track zone temperature set-points. The distributed feature of the control law enables to consider coupling effects between zones while reducing the computation complexity compared to a complete centralized approach. The industrial results showed significant improvement on temperature tracking accuracy and an energy consumption reduction of 3%. In a second step, the hierarchical MPC is constructed for the level 2 in order to determine the optimal zones temperature setpoint from the slab temperature setpoint, based on a numerical heat transfer model of the furnace. The simulation results obtained with this strategy compared against industrial data show an energy consumption reduction of 5% and a better heating quality. The previous structure is finally extended to take into account and optimize the scheduling of the slabs within the MPC level 2 in order to increase productivity of the considered furnace. The simulation shows a potential increase of productivity of the furnace of 15 tons per hour while improving the slab heating quality.

Sistemas de pulverização com injeção direta possibilitam o uso de diferentes agrotóxicos em uma mesma aplicação, reduzindo o desperdício de agrotóxicos e minimizando desta forma os impactos toxicológico e ambiental relacionados com o preparo e descarte da calda. Neste trabalho foram desenvolvidos modelos matemáticos para um sistema de pulverização com injeção direta de agrotóxico, incluindo a dinâmica da concentração da calda. Também foi desenvolvida uma estratégia de controle preditivo com antecipação das taxas de aplicação para ajustar as taxas de aplicação do agrotóxico e da calda. Também, uma plataforma flexível para o desenvolvimento de pulverizadores foi projetada e construída. A sua automação foi baseada em um controlador embarcado de tempo real adequado para aplicações de controle, aquisição e temporização. Para obter os parâmetros dos modelos e avaliar a estratégia de controle ensaios de vazão e concentração para diferentes pontas de pulverização foram propostos. Com o emprego da abordagem de controle preditivo, os erros das vazões do agrotóxico e da calda ficaram abaixo do nível admissível de 5%. O uso da estratégia de antecipação das taxas de aplicação permitiu aumentar a eficiência da aplicação, reduzindo em até 40% os erros de aplicação. Resultados experimentais são apresentados para validar os modelos e mostrar a eficiência da estratégia de controle desenvolvida. / Sprayer systems with direct injection allow the use of different pesticides in a single application, reducing the waste of chemicals and thereby minimizing the toxicologic and environmental risks associated with the carrier-chemical mix preparation and discard. In this work, mathematical models for a direct chemical injection sprayer system including the dynamics of the carrier-chemical mix concentration are developed. Also, a predictive control strategy with anticipative reference of application rates was developed to adjust the carrier-chemical mix and chemical flow rates. Also, a flexible platform for the development of sprayers was designed and constructed. The automation of this platform was based on a programmable automation controller suitable for control, acquisition and timming applications. To obtain the models and analyse the control strategy, essays flow and concentration for different spray nozzles were proposed. With the use of predictive control approach, the errors of the carrier-chemical mix and chemical flow rates were lower than the admissible level of 5 %. The use of the advanced references increased the efficiency of the variable rate application, reducing up to 40 % application errors. Practical results are presented to validate the models and show the efficiency of the developed control strategy.

Ondulações de torque devido à comutação de fases é apontada como a principal desvantagem do método de controle 6 pulsos convencional do motor síncrono de ímã permanente no rotor com força contra-eletromotriz trapezoidal. Para reduzir essas ondulações, diferentes estratégias de controle vetorial dessa máquina são apresentadas na literatura. Nesse trabalho é proposto e analisado o controle vetorial dessa máquina utilizando uma malha de controle de corrente baseada no Finite Control-Set Model-based Predictive Control (FCS-MPC). Como resultado, a estrutura de controle vetorial proposta é capaz de reduzir as ondulações de torque de comutação e também aquelas provenientes de imperfeições da força contraeletromotriz trapezoidal. Esse resultado é atingido sem a alteração da estrutura do conversor, adição de circuito ou alteração na tensão de barramento. Em termos de desempenho dinâmico, são demonstradas a rápida dinâmica de torque sem necessidade de sintonia ou projeto de ganhos de controlador e dinâmica desacoplada das variáveis de controle sem necessidade de cálculo de termos de desacoplamento. Esses resultados apontam vantagens sobre recentes propostas na literatura baseada em controladores lineares. Também é implementado uma estratégia de melhoria de desempenho do FCS-MPC baseado na inclusão do conceito de ciclo de trabalho. Essa abordagem permite reduzir significativamente, em baixa velocidade, a banda de ondulação da corrente de estator e torque da máquina, demonstrando uma melhoria em relação ao FCS-MPC sem ciclo de trabalho. / Torque ripples due to phase commutation are pointed to the main drawback of 120 degree 6 step control of synchronous motor with trapezoidal back electromotive force (back EMF). To reduce these ondulations, different vector control strategies are presented in the literature. This study proposes and analyzes the application of the Finite Control-Set Model-based Predictive Control in the current loop of vector control strategy of permanent magnet synchronous motor with trapezoidal back EMF. As a result, the control structure reduces the torque ripple comming from phase commutation and back EMF shape imperfections. This result is achieved without changing the converter topology, the DC link voltage or including aditional circuit. Concerning to dynamic response, the proposed control strategy offers fast torque dynamics without gain tunning needed and decoupled dynamic of variable control. Furthermore, it is implemented an improvement approach to FCS-MPC based on duty-cycle concept. This strategy reduces significantly the torque ripple in low speed range, demonstrating an advance over conventional FCS-MPC.

O objetivo principal desta tese foi a implantação de uma nova estratégia para a integração da otimização em tempo real (RTO), com o controle preditivo multivariável em uma unidade de processo industrial. A solução proposta pode ser considerada como uma estratégia de uma camada, na qual os problemas de controle e otimização econômica são resolvidos simultaneamente, na mesma camada da estrutura de controle. Supondo que o objetivo econômico a ser maximizado (minimizado) seja uma função côncava (convexa) das entradas e saídas de processo, o controlador MPC com otimização econômica (OMPC) foi obtido através da inclusão do gradiente reduzido do objetivo econômico, na função objetivo do controlador preditivo. Esta abordagem foi testada inicialmente através da simulação do conjunto reator regenerador de uma Unidade de Craqueamento Catalítico Fluido (UFCC). O controlador otimizador foi implementado com sucesso em uma coluna de destilação de tolueno, na Unidade de Recuperação de Aromáticos da refinaria de Cubatão da Petrobras. Este controlador está em funcionamento contínuo por cerca de um ano, sem qualquer problema relatado. Para a determinação das condições ótimas, um modelo rigoroso de coluna de destilação multicomponentes no estado estacionário é incluído no controlador preditivo para permitir o cálculo online do objetivo econômico. A trajetória prevista para o sistema de destilação até o ponto ótimo é calculada utilizando-se um modelo linear dinâmico, o qual foi obtido através de testes em degrau na planta real. O ponto ótimo obtido através da estratégia proposta leva em consideração as restrições nas entradas manipuladas e a faixa de controle para as saídas. O problema de otimização resultante para cálculo das ações de controle é uma QP, que pode ser facilmente resolvida com os solvers disponíveis. O MPC com otimização econômica foi implementado como um módulo do pacote SICON (Sistema de Controle da Petrobras). / This thesis was mainly aimed at the implementation of a new strategy for the integration of real time optimization (RTO) with multivariable predictive control in an industrial process system. The proposed strategy can be considered as a one-layer strategy where the control and economic optimization problems are solved simultaneously in the same layer of the control structure. Assuming that the economic objective to be maximized (minimized) is a concave (convex) function of the process inputs and outputs, the optimizing model predictive control (OMPC) was obtained through the inclusion of the reduced gradient of the economic objective in the control objective of the predictive controller. The approach was initially tested through the simulation of the reactorregenerator of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU). The optimizing controller has been successfully implemented in a toluene distillation column at the Aromatic Recovery Unit of the Cubatão refinery of Petrobras. This controller has been in continuous operation for about one year without any reported problem. For determining the optimum operating conditions, a steady-state rigorous multicomponent distillation model is included in the predictive controller to allow the on-line computation of the economic objective. The predicted trajectory of the distillation system towards the optimum point is computed with a linear dynamic model that was obtained through step tests in the real plant. The optimum point that is achieved with the proposed strategy takes into account the constraints in the manipulated inputs and the zone control of the outputs. The resulting optimization problem that produces the control actions is a QP that can be easily solved with available solvers. The optimizing MPC was implemented as a module of the SICON (Petrobras Control System) package.

Ondulações de torque devido à comutação de fases é apontada como a principal desvantagem do método de controle 6 pulsos convencional do motor síncrono de ímã permanente no rotor com força contra-eletromotriz trapezoidal. Para reduzir essas ondulações, diferentes estratégias de controle vetorial dessa máquina são apresentadas na literatura. Nesse trabalho é proposto e analisado o controle vetorial dessa máquina utilizando uma malha de controle de corrente baseada no Finite Control-Set Model-based Predictive Control (FCS-MPC). Como resultado, a estrutura de controle vetorial proposta é capaz de reduzir as ondulações de torque de comutação e também aquelas provenientes de imperfeições da força contraeletromotriz trapezoidal. Esse resultado é atingido sem a alteração da estrutura do conversor, adição de circuito ou alteração na tensão de barramento. Em termos de desempenho dinâmico, são demonstradas a rápida dinâmica de torque sem necessidade de sintonia ou projeto de ganhos de controlador e dinâmica desacoplada das variáveis de controle sem necessidade de cálculo de termos de desacoplamento. Esses resultados apontam vantagens sobre recentes propostas na literatura baseada em controladores lineares. Também é implementado uma estratégia de melhoria de desempenho do FCS-MPC baseado na inclusão do conceito de ciclo de trabalho. Essa abordagem permite reduzir significativamente, em baixa velocidade, a banda de ondulação da corrente de estator e torque da máquina, demonstrando uma melhoria em relação ao FCS-MPC sem ciclo de trabalho. / Torque ripples due to phase commutation are pointed to the main drawback of 120 degree 6 step control of synchronous motor with trapezoidal back electromotive force (back EMF). To reduce these ondulations, different vector control strategies are presented in the literature. This study proposes and analyzes the application of the Finite Control-Set Model-based Predictive Control in the current loop of vector control strategy of permanent magnet synchronous motor with trapezoidal back EMF. As a result, the control structure reduces the torque ripple comming from phase commutation and back EMF shape imperfections. This result is achieved without changing the converter topology, the DC link voltage or including aditional circuit. Concerning to dynamic response, the proposed control strategy offers fast torque dynamics without gain tunning needed and decoupled dynamic of variable control. Furthermore, it is implemented an improvement approach to FCS-MPC based on duty-cycle concept. This strategy reduces significantly the torque ripple in low speed range, demonstrating an advance over conventional FCS-MPC.

Increasing worldwide demand for petroleum motivates greater efficiency, safety, and environmental responsibility in upstream oil and gas processes. The objective of this research is to improve these areas with advanced control methods. This work develops the integration of optimal control methods including model predictive control, moving horizon estimation, high fidelity simulators, and switched control techniques applied to subsea riser slugging and managed pressure drilling. A subsea riser slugging model predictive controller eliminates persistent offset and decreases settling time by 5% compared to a traditional PID controller. A sensitivity analysis shows the effect of riser base pressure sensor location on controller response. A review of current crude oil pipeline wax deposition prevention, monitoring, and remediation techniques is given. Also, industrially relevant control model parameter estimation techniques are reviewed and heuristics are developed for gain and time constant estimates for single input/single output systems. The analysis indicates that overestimated controller gain and underestimated controller time constant leads to better controller performance under model parameter uncertainty. An online method for giving statistical significance to control model parameter estimates is presented. Additionally, basic and advanced switched model predictive control schemes are presented. Both algorithms use control models of varying fidelity: a high fidelity process model, a reduced order nonlinear model, and a linear empirical model. The basic switched structure introduces a method for bumpless switching between control models in a predetermined switching order. The advanced switched controller builds on the basic controller; however, instead of a predetermined switching sequence, the advanced algorithm uses the linear empirical controller when possible. When controller performance becomes unacceptable, the algorithm implements the low order model to control the process while the high fidelity model generates simulated data which is used to estimate the empirical model parameters. Once this online model identification process is complete, the controller reinstates the empirical model to control the process. This control framework allows the more accurate, yet computationally expensive, predictive capabilities of the high fidelity simulator to be incorporated into the locally accurate linear empirical model while still maintaining convergence guarantees.

Le prochain secteur à être fortement automatisé est sans doute celui du transport routier. D’abord en environnement peu complexe comme c’est déjà le cas sur autoroute, puis à terme dans les scénarios les plus difficiles, comme ceux rencontrés au coeur du trafic urbain. Une étape intermédiaire consiste à introduire des véhicules autonomes en milieu urbain, mais hors du trafic, comme sur des sites fermés. Ces environnements présentent des caractéristiques particulières, comme un encombrement important. Alors, pour être en mesure de naviguer en toute autonomie, les véhicules doivent être à la fois agiles, précis et sûrs, mais aussi efficaces, donc rapides. Ce travail de thèse adresse deux problématiques clés de la navigation autonome en milieu encombré : la planification et le suivi de chemin pour les véhicules à deux trains directeurs (4WS). En effet, la cinématique 4WS est la réponse des constructeurs au besoin d’agilité et nécessite le développement de techniques de commande adaptées. La planification de chemin en temps-réel permet l’évitement d’obstacles, de façon à rendre le service robuste aux aléas de l’environnement. Le contrôle automatique de la direction permet ensuite de suivre ces chemins avec précision. La principale difficulté concernant la planification de chemin est le contraste entre la faible puissance de calcul embarquée sur le véhicule et la forte contrainte temporelle qu’impose le besoin de réactivité. Il s’agit donc de choisir l’approche adéquate et de mettre en place les simplifications algorithmiques les plus efficaces, c’est-à-dire qui réduisent la quantité de calculs nécessaires sans réduire la qualité des chemins générés. De plus, la planification de chemin en milieu encombré pose le problème des impasses dans lesquelles les méthodes les plus réactives restent coincées. De fait, l’approche retenue consiste à construire une fonction de navigation en deux dimensions dont est extrait le chemin. Au sens des critères choisis, il est optimal pour un véhicule circulaire. Des stratégies sont alors mises en place pour adapter cet algorithme aux véhicules 4WS de forme rectangulaire, comme la notion centrale de double-chemin qui permet de représenter la trajectoire d’un mobile à trois degrés de liberté dans un espace en deux dimensions. Enfin, d’autres stratégies et heuristiques sont introduites pour optimiser les performances de l’algorithme de planification et lui permettre de générer des manoeuvres efficaces. Concernant le développement du contrôleur de direction, il s’agit de choisir le modèle d’évolution qui retranscrit au mieux le comportement du véhicule vis-à-vis du double chemin qu’il doit suivre, puis d’en déduire les lois de commande des trains avant et arrière. Ayant été éprouvé par de nombreux travaux, le modèle bicyclette 4WS a été choisi. Ce modèle cinématique permet d’introduire facilement des angles de dérive utiles à la compensation des glissements des pneus sur le sol, qu’ils soient dus à un manque d’adhérence ou à une géométrie imparfaite des trains. Des lois de commande par retour d’état sont ensuite synthétisées et une stratégie de gestion de la saturation des actionneurs est proposée. Enfin, ce premier contrôleur est décliné en une version prédictive qui apporte un suivi de chemin d’une grande stabilité sur les véhicules réels. Les contributions ont toutes été évaluées en simulation et lors d’expérimentations en vraie grandeur sur l’EZ10, une navette électrique 4WS industrielle. Enfin, il se trouve que les performances obtenues dépassent les attentes initiales. / The next sector to be highly automated is probably road transport. First in an uncomplicated environment as is already the case on highway, then eventually in the most difficult scenarios, such as those encountered at the heart of the urban traffic. An intermediate step is to introduce autonomous vehicles in urban areas, but outside traffic, as on closed sites. These environments have particular characteristics, they can be very cluttered. So to be able to navigate autonomously, the vehicles have to be agile, precise and safe, but also efficient, i.e. fast. This thesis addresses two key issues of autonomous navigation in cluttered environments: path planning and tracking for bi-steerable (4WS) vehicles. Indeed, the 4WS kinematics is the response of the manufacturers to the need for agility and requires the development of adapted control techniques. Real-time path planning allows the avoidance of obstacles in order to make the service robust to the vagaries of the environment. The automatic control of the direction then makes it possible to follow these paths with precision. The main difficulty about path planning is the contrast between the low onboard computing power and the high temporal constraints imposed by the need for reactivity. It is thus necessary to choose the appropriate approach and to implement the most efficient algorithmic simplifications, i.e. reducing the amount of calculations without reducing the quality of the generated paths. In addition, path planning in cluttered environment raises the problem of dead-ends in which the most reactive methods remain stuck. Then, the adopted approach consists in constructing a navigation function in two dimensions from which the path is extracted. In the sense of the chosen criteria, it is optimal for a circular vehicle. Strategies are then put in place to adapt this algorithm to 4WS vehicles of rectangular shape, such as the central dual-path concept which allows to represent the trajectory of a mobile with three degrees of freedom in a two-dimensional space. Finally, other strategies and heuristics are introduced to optimize the performance of the planning algorithm and allow it to generate efficient maneuvers. Concerning the development of the controller, it is about choosing the evolution model which best reflects the behavior of the vehicle with respect to the dual-path that it must follow and then deducing the front and rear control laws. The 4WS bicycle model has shown itself to be very effective. This kinematic model makes it possible to easily introduce useful side-slip angles allowing to compensate the slippage of the tires on the ground, whether due to a lack of grip or an imperfect geometry of the axles. State feedback control laws are then synthesized and a strategy for managing the saturation of the actuators is proposed. Finally, this first controller is declined in a predictive version that provides a very stable tracking on real vehicles.The contributions were all evaluated in simulation and in full-scale experiments on the EZ10, an industrial 4WS electric shuttle. Finally, it turns out that the performances exceed initial expectations.

Le vieillissement de la population sans doute catalysera l’augmentation des maladies chroniques et intensifiera le besoin de solutions d’assistance à la personne. Pendant que les chercheurs s’activent à apporter des réponses aux problèmes de santé publique qui s’accentuent, en s’appuyant sur les technologies de l’information et de la communication, le nombre des objets connectés connait une expansion fulgurante. Ainsi, le désir de révolution des technologies pour la santé, afin de faire face à la menace pathologique, coïncide avec le développement de l’Internet des objets 1. En effet, grâce aux innovations technologiques et au progrès médical, nombre de pathologies, souvent chroniques pourraient être suivies en temps réel et en tout lieu. Dans ce contexte, la gestion ou le partage des ressources de communication, la compatibilité des technologies et les performances à atteindre constituent des défis importants. Cet accroissement significatif du volume des communications, les contraintes de mobilité imposées par le contexte du suivi de patient ainsi que les besoins de qualité dans les transmissions de données médicales, révèlent une aspiration à des infrastructures de communication plus flexibles.Dans cette thèse, nous présentons une architecture de communication basée sur les réseaux Radio Cognitive pour répondre à cette exigence. Le caractère adaptable, flexible et autonome de la solution proposée permet d’aspirer à de meilleures performances. Ainsi, pour l’évaluation de son efficacité,nous avons choisi d’analyser et de tester trois critères importants pour les transmissions de données médicales urgentes.La connectivité en tout lieu : Ce premier critère est essentiel dans la mesure des performances et l’estimation de la fiabilité d’une infrastructure réseau dédiée à la santé. Plus précisément, toute solution de communication envisagée, doit être en mesure d’accompagner le patient suivi dans son environnement. En effet, la haute disponibilité des services réseaux et la qualité offerte sont déterminantes pour le suivi de patient à distance. Nous proposons dans cette première contribution, un mécanisme de prédiction spectrale capable d’examiner l’état d’occupation des bandes de fréquence. Cet algorithme associé au module de prise de décision Radio Cognitive, permet de parer aux éventuelles discontinuités de connexion réseaux.La gestion des interférences : Il s’agit du second critère qui évalue le degré de coexistence des ondes garantit par l’architecture, dans un contexte de prolifération des réseaux et des objets connectés. Le matériel communicant doit être capable de percevoir, d’analyser son environnement et d’agir en fonction des différentes contraintes. L’intérêt étant de protéger le matériel surtout médical, souvent très sensible aux bruits. Le suivi du patient devient alors possible à domicile ou à l’hôpital par exemple, avec un niveau d’interférence acceptable. Ainsi, tout en proposant un modèle de déploiement du réseau Radio Cognitive dans un centre hospitalier, nous définissons des exemples de fonctions permettant une adaptation dynamique des paramètres de communication en fonction de la sensibilité des équipements médicaux de proximité.L’efficacité dans la transmission de contenu multimédia : Ce dernier critère symbolise la capacité de l’architecture à fournir du contenu de qualité pour une assistance en temps réel. En effet, un réseau de soin à domicile ou une situation d’urgence peut nécessiter la transmission d’images ou de contenu multimédia vers les centres hospitaliers. Une solution de suivi de patient à distance doit être capable de fournir ces facilités qui imposent l’accès au haut débit. Dans une contribution répondant à cette préoccupation, nous suggérons un algorithme de réservation de ressources permettant de mieux gérer la qualité de service pour le contenu multimédia médical. / The aging of the population will probably catalyze the rise of chronic diseases and could intensify the need for personal assistance solutions. While researchers are focusing on information and communication technologies to provide responses to these public health problems, the number of connected objects is experiencing a rapid expansion. Indeed, desired revolution of technologies for health, forprevention and disease treatment coincides with the development of the Internet of Things 2. Thus, technological innovations and medical progress, for making it possible to monitor pathologies, often chronic, anywhere need appropriate equipments. Also, remote and real-time patient monitoring applications would require more network resources. In this context, communication resources management/sharing, technologies and equipments compatibilities and aplication’s desired performances become significant challenges. In this thesis, we propose an architecture based on Cognitive Radio, for meeting the medical applications constraints. We also analyze and test three important criteria for emergency transmissions, using this architecture.Connectivity : Any solution for patients monitoring must have anywhere and anytime capabilities for care continuity needs. High availability of network services and quality offered are critical for patient telemonitoring. We propose in this context, a spectral prediction mechanism able to examine the occupation conditions of the frequency bands. The algorithm we propose, associated learning and Grey Model technique in order to deal with any network connection discontinuities.Interference management : Network equipments must be able to perceive or to analyze their environment and act according to the underlying constraints. The interest is to protect in our case, medical equipment which are very sensitive to noise. Patient monitoring becomes possible at home or in the hospital, for example, with an acceptable level of interference. We propose for this criterion evaluation, a Cognitive Radio Networks deployment model in a hospital area. We define examples of functions for dynamic adaptation of the communication parameters, depending on the nearby medical devices sensitivity.Transmission efficiency under multimedia content delivery : This criterion analizes the ability of the architecture to provide desired quality in multimedia content delivery for real-time assistance or diagnosis. Patient monitoring at home or an emergency event may require the transmission of image or audio content to the hospital center. The remote monitoring solution must be able to provide these facilities which require a broadband network. We suggest an algorithm for resource reservation that performs a better management of the quality of service for medical multimedia content. We combine this algorithm with a transmission parameters control methode for maintaining the QoS at an acceptable level.

Esta tese de doutorado propõe um controlador preditivo robusto tipo finite control set aplicado ao controle das potências do gerador de indução duplamente alimentado. Desta forma, a proposta possui dois membros do vetor tensão predita do rotor, sendo que o primeiro termo calcula a tensão considerando as referências de corrente do rotor e o segundo é projetado considerando os erros devido à estimação dos parâmetros da máquina. Os referidos erros devido a variações de parâmetros são modelados como alterações na corrente do rotor. O vetor de tensão a ser fornecido ao rotor da máquina é selecionado através da minimização de uma função custo. Os resultados obtidos na simulação computacional e em bancada experimental confirmam o desempenho do controlador proposto. / This Ph.D. thesis proposes a robust predictive controller type finite control set applied to control of the powers at doubly fed induction generator. In this way, the proposal has two members of the predicted voltage vector of the rotor, the first term calculating the voltage considering the rotor references current and the second one is projected considering the errors due to the estimation of the machine parameters. The errors due to variations parameter are modeled as changes in the rotor current. The voltage vector to be supplied to the machine rotor is selected by minimizing a cost function. The results obtained in the computational simulation and experimental bench confirm the performance of the proposed controller.

Subsea development and production of hydrocarbons is challenging due to remote andharsh conditions. Recent technology development with high speed communication to subsea anddownhole equipment has created a new opportunity to both monitor and control abnormal or undesirableevents with a proactive and preventative approach rather than a reactive approach. Twospecific technology developments are high speed, long-distance fiber optic sensing for productionand completion systems and wired pipe for drilling communications. Both of these communicationsystems offer unprecedented high speed and accurate sensing of equipment and processes that aresusceptible to uncontrolled well situations, leaks, issues with flow assurance, structural integrity,and platform stability, as well as other critical monitoring and control issues. The scope of thisdissertation is to design monitoring and control systems with new theoretical developments andpractical applications. For estimators, a novel `1-norm method is proposed that is less sensitiveto data with outliers, noise, and drift in recovering the true value of unmeasured parameters. Forcontrollers, a similar `1-norm strategy is used to design optimal control strategies that utilize a comprehensivedesign with multivariate control and nonlinear dynamic optimization. A framework forsolving large scale dynamic optimization problems with differential and algebraic equations is detailedfor estimation and control. A first area of application is in fiber optic sensing and automationfor subsea equipment. A post-installable fiber optic clamp is used to transmit structural informationfor a tension leg platform. A proposed controller automatically performs ballast operationsthat both stabilize the floating structure and minimize fatigue damage to the tendons that hold thestructure in place. A second area of application is with managed pressure drilling with movinghorizon estimation and nonlinear model predictive control. The purpose of this application is tomaximize rate of drilling penetration, maintain pressure in the borehole, respond to unexpected gasinflux, detect cuttings loading and pack-off, and better manage abnormal events with the drillingprocess through automation. The benefit of high speed data accessibility is quantified as well asthe potential benefit from a combined control strategy versus separate controllers.