Research projects

Multi-objective optimization of metabolic networks for intracellular flux prediction. Application and analysis in cyanobacteria Synechocystis

Multi-objective optimization of metabolic networks for intracellular flux prediction. Application and analysis in cyanobacteria Synechocystis

Synthetic biology is a new field of research that combines science and engineering. Its objective is the design and construction of novel biological systems for a specific purpose. There are four areas of research in this discipline (biology, chemistry, engineering, and computer science) that represent the different approaches taken by...

Nuevas estrategias de optimización multiobjetivo para la identificación, control y diseño de procesos y sistemas

Nuevas estrategias de optimización multiobjetivo para la identificación, control y diseño de procesos y sistemas

RESUMEN:  En multitud de áreas de la ingeniería la realización de diseños adecuados se ha convertido en un problema donde se trata de buscar una solución de compromiso entre todas las características que se desean satisfacer. En general, las propiedades que se deben cumplir entran en conflicto y desaparece el concepto de diseño óptimo...

A new intelligent production system: multi-objective optimization with Physical Programming. A multivariable predictive control application.

A new intelligent production system: multi-objective optimization with Physical Programming. A multivariable predictive control application.

Most real engineering problems require the simultaneous optimisation of multiple criteria, some conflicting with each other, so that different conflicting objectives can be met simultaneously. The solution to these problems, known as multi-criteria or multi-objective optimisation problems, has been traditionally achieved by combining multiple...

Multiobjective Optimization with Physical Programming.Aplication to process optimization and multivariable predictive controller tuning.

Multiobjective Optimization with Physical Programming.Aplication to process optimization and multivariable predictive controller tuning.

Last challenges in Model Predictive Control applied in industry demand to focus in optimization process. New methods for substitute the classical ‘linear programming’ approximation or trial and error procedures in optimization process and predictive controller tuning are needed. Multiobjective optimization strategy so-called Physical Programming...

Developing strategies for integrating Automatic Process Control (APC) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to regulate and monitor industrial multivariate continuous proceses.

Developing strategies for integrating Automatic Process Control (APC) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to regulate and monitor industrial multivariate continuous proceses.

The objective of this project is to develop optimal strategies for controlling and monitoring multivariate continuous processes, following and approach which integrates Automatic Process Control (APC) and Statistical Process Control (SPC). This strategy minimises output variability and maximises productivity in the face of dynamically related...

REGEMOT: Management of the exhaust gas recirculation in turbocharged diesel engines. Multivariable predictive control

REGEMOT: Management of the exhaust gas recirculation in turbocharged diesel engines. Multivariable predictive control

Nowadays, the alternative internal combustion engines are undergoing increasingly strict emission regulations. For that reason, research in this field is focused on looking for new techniques that allow a reduction in engine emissions. In this way, it is possible to highlight the exhaust gas recirculation technique (EGR), which introduces exhaust...

GREENHOUSE-INTERNET

GREENHOUSE-INTERNET

Greenhouse cultivation has expanded extensively in Europe thanks to technological advances for optimising production systems. To advance integrated control we need, firstly, to improve our knowledge of plant physiology in relation to water flows and nutrients, and associate these flows with internal plant processes and the dynamics of nutrients...