Lean NO_x Trap (LNT) is one of the most effective after-treatment technologies used to reduce NO_x emissions of diesel engines. One relevant problem in this context is LNT regeneration timing control. This problem is ...
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Lean NO_x Trap (LNT) is one of the most effective after-treatment technologies used to reduce NO_x emissions of diesel engines. One relevant problem in this context is LNT regeneration timing control. This problem is indeed difficult due to the fact that LNTs are highly nonlinear systems, involving complex physical/chemical processes, that are hard to model. In this paper, a novel approach for regeneration timing of LNTs is proposed, allowing us to overcome these issues. This approach, named data-driven model predictive control (D~2 - MPC), does not require a physical model of the engine/trap system but is based on low-complexity polynomial prediction models, directly identified from data. The regeneration timing is computed through an optimization algorithm, which uses the identified models to predict the LNT behavior. Two D~2 - MPC strategies are proposed, and tested in a co-simulation study, where the plant is represented by a detailed LNT model, built using the well-known commercial tool AMEsim, and the controller is implemented in Matlab/Simulink.
Issues in Energy Efficiency of Data Centers (DC) are important, due to the cumulative effects of the increase in the DCs number and in the energy consumption per center. Developing new design recommendations to improv...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467384636
Issues in Energy Efficiency of Data Centers (DC) are important, due to the cumulative effects of the increase in the DCs number and in the energy consumption per center. Developing new design recommendations to improve a cooling system efficiency, commonly quantified by the PUE metric (Power Usage Effectiveness) is one objective of the Green IT organizations. For existing DCs, without considering the optimization of the IT workload, a possible way to improve the DC's energy efficiency is to adjust the cooling setpoints. In this paper, a methodology based on predictive models is used to optimize the PUE by improving the cooling setting. The modeling approach consists in exploiting the temperatures and energy measurements at various operating conditions to predict the PUE behavior using data-driven models commonly called black box models. The optimization procedures are based on the simulation of these models in order to estimate the best working conditions.
This chapter deals with the automated and unattended design of planar wideband bandpass filters by means of aggressive space mapping (ASM) optimization. The approach can be applied to bandpass filters based on semi-lu...
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ISBN:
(数字)9783319275178
ISBN:
(纸本)9783319275178;9783319275154
This chapter deals with the automated and unattended design of planar wideband bandpass filters by means of aggressive space mapping (ASM) optimization. The approach can be applied to bandpass filters based on semi-lumped element resonators (e.g., stepped impedance resonators, ring resonators, etc.) coupled through admittance inverters (implemented with quarter-wavelength transmission lines). It will be explained how the filter layout is automatically generated from filter specifications, i.e., central frequency, fractional bandwidth, in-band ripple, and order, without the need of any external aid to the design process. For this purpose, a novel optimization algorithm based on two independent ASM processes will be fully described. The proposed automatic design procedure will be detailed and validated through its application to generate several filter layouts starting from different sets of practical specifications.
Water supply networks (WSNs) represent an important part of urban technical infrastructure. Recently, the resilience of water distribution networks facing different physical and cyber threats has gained increasing att...
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Water supply networks (WSNs) represent an important part of urban technical infrastructure. Recently, the resilience of water distribution networks facing different physical and cyber threats has gained increasing attention. In order to improve the operation of complex water distribution systems under both, extreme and normal hydraulic conditions, mathematical simulation models are indispensable tools for engineers, network planners, network operators and decision makers. Especially, in the case of extremely disruptive events that might be caused by natural hazards or deliberate malevolent attacks by humans, the proper operation of the system for maintaining the supply of drinking water to at least parts of the population is a very challenging task. Resilient behaviour can be reached only by adaptive system operation including isolation of parts of the network and control of pressure and flows in the system. For that purpose, different kinds of control devices are used that may be remotely controlled or which are operated in the field. Existing hydraulic simulation software often fails to calculate reliable results for systems under control and pressure insufficiency. A mathematical framework for the simulation of the steady-state flow in reticulation water supply networks with special consideration of feedback control devices and pressure dependent demands is proposed in this paper. First, the importance of the steady-state calculation in the face of disruptive events is stressed and a brief review of synthetic and analytical methods for the hydraulic steadystate calculation is given. In this paper, the well-known content model is extended by the content of pressure dependent outflows. The nonlinear consumption functions in combination with linear inequality constraints (box constraints) replace the constant demands of demand driven analysis. It is also shown that the range of solvable problems in combination with flow control devices is enlarged by the relaxation
In this paper, a low-cost formulation of space mapping (SM) for design optimization of antenna structures is investigated. The major challenge is that low-fidelity (or coarse) antenna models are normally obtained from...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467387620
In this paper, a low-cost formulation of space mapping (SM) for design optimization of antenna structures is investigated. The major challenge is that low-fidelity (or coarse) antenna models are normally obtained from coarse-discretization EM simulations so that their evaluation cost cannot be neglected. Consequently, the SM algorithm has to aim at reducing both the number of fine and coarse model evaluations throughout the optimization process. In our approach, a fast parameter extraction procedure is proposed along with the trust-region-based surrogate optimization routine. As demonstrated using a microstrip PIFA antenna, this allows for maintaining overall low optimization cost even with relatively expensive coarse model.
This paper is focused on the development of an efficient reliability-based design optimization algorithm for solving problems posed on uncertain linear dynamic systems characterized by large design variable vectors an...
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This paper is focused on the development of an efficient reliability-based design optimization algorithm for solving problems posed on uncertain linear dynamic systems characterized by large design variable vectors and driven by non-stationary stochastic excitation. The interest in such problems lies in the desire to define a new generation of tools that can efficiently solve practical problems, such as the design of high-rise buildings in seismic zones, characterized by numerous free parameters in a rigorously probabilistic setting. To this end a novel decoupling approach is developed based on defining and solving a limited sequence of deterministic optimization sub-problems. In particular, each sub-problem is formulated from information pertaining to a single simulation carried out exclusively in the current design point. This characteristic drastically limits the number of simulations necessary to find a solution to the original problem while making the proposed approach practically insensitive to the size of the design variable vector. To demonstrate the efficiency and strong convergence properties of the proposed approach, the structural system of a high-rise building defined by over three hundred free parameters is optimized under non-stationary stochastic earthquake excitation. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Computationally efficient design optimization of dual-band microstrip couplers is demonstrated using an adaptive response scaling (ARS) technique. ARS allows for constructing a fast surrogate of the high-fidelity EM-s...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467387620
Computationally efficient design optimization of dual-band microstrip couplers is demonstrated using an adaptive response scaling (ARS) technique. ARS allows for constructing a fast surrogate of the high-fidelity EM-simulation model of the coupler structure under design using its equivalent circuit as an underlying low-fidelity model. ARS relies on nonlinear frequency/amplitude response scaling that accommodates the discrepancies between the low-and high-fidelity models at the reference design. ARS has been applied for design of a dual-band microstrip coupler with enhanced bandwidth.
In this paper, a redundant Piezo-driven stage having 3RRR compliant mechanism is introduced, we propose the master-slave control with trajectory planning (MSCTP) strategy and Bouc-Wen model to improve its micro-motion...
In this paper, a redundant Piezo-driven stage having 3RRR compliant mechanism is introduced, we propose the master-slave control with trajectory planning (MSCTP) strategy and Bouc-Wen model to improve its micro-motion tracking performance. The advantage of the proposed controller lies in that its implementation only requires a simple control strategy without the complexity of modeling to avoid the master PEA’s tracking error. The dynamic model of slave PEA system with Bouc-Wen hysteresis is established and identified via particle swarm optimization (PSO) approach. The Piezo-driven stage with operating period T=1s and 2s is implemented to track a prescribed circle. The simulation results show that MSCTP with Bouc-Wen model reduces the trajectory tracking errors to the range of the accuracy of our available measurement.
Real-life simulationoptimization applications often deal with large-scale simulation models that are timeconsuming to execute. Parallel computing environments, such as high performance computing clusters and cloud co...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781509044863
Real-life simulationoptimization applications often deal with large-scale simulation models that are timeconsuming to execute. Parallel computing environments, such as high performance computing clusters and cloud computing services, provide the computing power needed to scale to such applications. In this paper, we show how the Empirical Stochastic Branch and Bound algorithm, an effective globally convergent random search algorithm for discrete optimization via simulation, can he adapted to a high-performance computing environment to effectively utilize the power of parallelism. We propose a master-worker structure driven by MITRE 's Goal-Directed Grid-Enabled simulation Experimentation Environment. Numerical experiments with the popular Ackley benchmark test function and a real-world simulation called runwaySimulator demonstrate the number of cores needed to achieve a good scaled efficiency of parallel empirical stochastic branch and bound for increasing levels of simulation run times.
A structure and design optimization procedure of a compact UWB slot antenna is presented. Small size of the antenna and its good electrical performance is achieved by introducing sufficiently large number of geometry ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9788890701863
A structure and design optimization procedure of a compact UWB slot antenna is presented. Small size of the antenna and its good electrical performance is achieved by introducing sufficiently large number of geometry degrees of freedom, including a stepped-impedance feed line and a meandered slot with parameterized dimensions. All dimensions are simultaneously adjusted using automated EM-simulation-drivenoptimization algorithm. Exploitation of variable-fidelity models allows us to maintain low computational cost of the design process. The footprint of the optimized antenna is only 8.93 mm x 17.9 mm (160 mm(2)) while maintaining low reflection in the entire UWB frequency range.
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