A SOLAR COOLING PLANT: A BENCHMARK FOR HYBRID SYSTEMS CONTROL

摘要

This paper describes the hybrid model of a solar cooling plant. This model considers all possible operating modes of the process, which are modelled as a finite state machine whose transition conditions are given by the discrete variables. The discrete variables are the electrovalves and pumps. The model has been written as a mixed logical dynamical system and is simulated using Stateflow/Simulink Matlab. The model has been validated using real data from the plant. This plant is being used as a benchmark for hybrid control experiences by many European researchers in the framework of the HYCON Network of Excellence.