This paper investigates the application of hybrid fuzzy models in modelling
and model based predictive control of a delayed and distributed parameter
system with a non-linear feature.
The presented hybrid fuzzy convolution model consists of a non-linear fuzzy
steady-state model and an impulse response model based dynamic part. The p
roposed non-linear block-oriented dynamic model is applied to form a predic
tor corrector controller.
The control of a laboratory-sized heating system is chosen as a realistic n
on-linear case study for the demonstration of the control algorithm. The pr
oposed model based controller is shown capable of controlling the non-linea
r process that operates over wide range.