Title :
Model predictive hydrodynamic regulation of microflows
Author :
Bleris, L.G. ; Garcia, J. ; Kothare, M.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
An application of model predictive hydrodynamic regulation of a flow stream in a microfluidic geometry is provided in this paper. Using bit-accurate emulations we mimic the optimization operations, carried out in an embedded 32-bit microcontroller. Additionally, finite element method simulations are utilized to solve the coupled partial differential equation problem that describes the dynamics of the examined system. A combination of these simulations and hardware emulations allows us to apply real-time predictive control to the microflows by adjusting the inlet streams at the macroscopic level.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; confined flow; finite element analysis; flow control; geometry; hydrodynamics; microfluidics; partial differential equations; predictive control; bit-accurate emulations; finite element method simulations; flow stream; microflow; microfluidic geometry; model predictive hydrodynamic regulation; partial differential equation; real-time predictive control; Emulation; Finite element methods; Geometry; Hardware; Hydrodynamics; Microcontrollers; Microfluidics; Partial differential equations; Predictive models; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9098-9
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1619
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2005.1470221
