Intelligent control of micro heat exchanger with locally linear identifier and emotional based controller

Abstract

In this paper, an intelligent controller is applied to electrically heated micro heat exchanger. First, the dynamics of the micro heat exchanger, which is a highly nonlinear plant, is identified using Locally Linear Model Tree (LOLIMOT) algorithm. Then, an intelligent controller is applied to the identified model. The performance of the proposed intelligent controller is compared with that of classic controllers like PID. Our results demonstrate excellent control action, disturbance handling and system parameter robustness for the intelligent controller. ©Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.