MAS-Based Cooperative Control for Biotechnological Process-A Case Study

  • Authors:

  • Dariusz Choinski;Mieczyslaw Metzger;Witold Nocon

  • Affiliations:

  • Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland 44-100;Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland 44-100;Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland 44-100

  • Venue:
  • HoloMAS '09 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems: Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The MAS-based control seems to be better suited for manufacturing control because of its discrete event character. Nevertheless, for continuous industrial processes the MAS-based control can be also very attractive. In this paper, a synthesis of the MAS-based control system for the continuous process is presented. A biological reactor is controlled using respirometric approach. In this approach, both standard control loops and additional experiments are performed to obtain measurements not available on-line. Therefore, the system consists of different control agents being able to cooperate or to inhibit each other in order to achieve the appropriate goals. A case study experiments are realized using an experimental wastewater treatment pilot plant.