TY - JOUR
T1 - Hierarchically controlled ecological life support systems
AU - Ciurans, Carles
AU - Bazmohammadi, Najmeh
AU - Poughon, Laurent
AU - Vasquez, Juan
AU - Dussap, Claude G.
AU - Gòdia, Francesc
AU - Guerrero, Josep Maria
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Life support systems (LSSs) are autonomous systems integrating various generation, recycling, and consumption subsystems with storage capability to maintain the balance of key system compounds. A novel hierarchical control is proposed in this paper to operate an exemplary controlled ecological LSS. The study focuses on the control of O concentration in the crew compartment, as the main consumer of a LSS, while coordinating a network of biological compartments with a variety of generation, consumption, and storage capabilities. A concentrated gas buffer tank is included in the system to demonstrate its capability to support the system operation flexibility and efficiency. Simulation analyses for changing O demand scenarios are carried to assess the proposed control architecture performance.
AB - Life support systems (LSSs) are autonomous systems integrating various generation, recycling, and consumption subsystems with storage capability to maintain the balance of key system compounds. A novel hierarchical control is proposed in this paper to operate an exemplary controlled ecological LSS. The study focuses on the control of O concentration in the crew compartment, as the main consumer of a LSS, while coordinating a network of biological compartments with a variety of generation, consumption, and storage capabilities. A concentrated gas buffer tank is included in the system to demonstrate its capability to support the system operation flexibility and efficiency. Simulation analyses for changing O demand scenarios are carried to assess the proposed control architecture performance.
KW - Hierarchical control structure
KW - Controlled ecological life support systems
KW - Model Predictive Control
KW - Optimization Problem
KW - MELiSSA Pilot Plant
U2 - 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107625
DO - 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107625
M3 - Article
SN - 0098-1354
VL - 157
JO - Computers and Chemical Engineering
JF - Computers and Chemical Engineering
ER -