Research
 

     

    Coordinator of the "Supervision and Process Control " reseach group,      University of Valladolid.

       Projects    

       Publications    

       Societies
         

       

Receiving the Prize "Spanish Committe of Automatica" CEA-IFAC 2016     Receiving the Prize ISA-Spain  to the professional 2008  

                       

        CEA past-Presidents at  Jornadas de Automatica, Madrid, 2016              Course in Piura, Peru 2014

Kick-off meeting of the EU project CoPro in Brussels, Nov. 2016

          

Presentation of COESI                                          Course on Stochastic Programming with Victor Zavala (UW-M) Jul 2017

(Spanish Confederarion of Engineering Societies)  Oct. 2016

Fields of interest



Projects

Some current research projects:

 

 

  “Improved energy and resource efficiency by better Coordination of Production in the process industries” (CoPro)  https://www.spire2030.eu/copro 

   H2020 SPIRE-2, EU, Project 723575,  2016-2020

   Optimal dynamic planning, scheduling and control of process plants

 

 

“PRONTO: PROcess NeTwork Optimization for efficient and sustainable operation of

Europe’s process industries taking machinery condition and process performance into account".

  http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/198507_es.html 

European Industrial Doctorate, EU H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, Project 675215, 2016-2019

 

   “Integración de optimización y control en plantas de proceso” (INOPTCON)

   Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, DPI2015-70975-P,  2016-18

   Integration of MPC, RTO and scheduling in dynmic process plants

 

    "Real-time Monitoring and Optimization of Resource Efficiency in Chemical Plants” (MORE)

   http://www.more-nmp.eu/ 

    FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, EU Project ID 604068 , 2013-2016

    Development of REIs for improving the operation in process plants

 

 

   “Operación óptima en tiempo real de sistemas de planta completa” OPEROPT
    MINECO, DPI2011-37859, Ene. 2013-15,

     Methods for economic optimization of complex industrial processes

 

             “Advanced Controls for Criogenics”
              CERN, Geneva, Switzerland    
              Predictive Control of the 1.8K temperature control loop in the LHC accelerator.

 

    "Control and optimization of distribution networks"

      CICYT, DPI2009- 12805, 2010-12, Petronor

     Methods for control of large scale networks and optimal decision making under uncertainty.      

 

          Network of Excellence (NoE)  HYCON2   "Highly-complex and networked control systems"

          EU Framework Programme, FP7, IST, 2010-14

           Control of complex, large-scale, and networked dynamical systems
.

  

    "Energy optimization of  sugar factories"
    CTA, ((Azucarera Ebro, ACOR)
    Optimization of a sugar factory operation based on economical criteria.

 

    "Optimal Operation of Process Plants" (OOPP)

     Repsol/ Petronor

     Optimal managenent of the hydrogen network in a petrol refinery

 

           

     H2OCEAN "Development of a wind-wave power open-sea platform equiped for hydrogen generation with   support for multiple uses of energy"

     FP7 EU Framwork Programme,  , 2011-14

      Develop a multi-purpose platform for hydrogen generation in open-sea from renewable energies (wave and wind), providing also a facility for multiple uses of electrical energy in open-sea

 

 

  "Development of simulation tools for analysis, and optimization in a dynamic simulation environment"

  Empresarios Agrupados Int., 

   New tools and functionalities for the simulation environment EcosimPro

                    

   CAFE "Computer-aided food processes for control engineering"

   FP7, KBBE,  EU Framework Programme, 2008-2012,, Unidad Asociada CSIC- IIM

    New paradigms for smart control of food processes. Optimization of beer filtration.

 

 

  "Optimización de consumos en planta OPSM"

    REPSOL Quimica, Tarragona, 2010-11

   Simulation and control of two coupled distillation columns 

 

 

"Modelado y supervisión de redes de distribución de gas natural"        

Intergeo Tech. 2012     Simulation, fault detection and optimization  of natural gas           networks.                                                         

                                            

   

 

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Publications
 

Some papers in the last 5 years

 

 

D. Sarabia, C. de Prada, E. Gómez, G. Gutierrez, S. Cristea, J.M. Sola, R. Gonzalez
Data reconciliation and optimal management of hydrogen networks in a petrol refinery
Control Engineering Practice, ISSN: 0967-0661, Vol.20, Issue 4, April, 2012, pp. 343-354

A. Merino, R. Mazaeda, L.F. Acebes, R. Alves and C. Prada
Beet end training simulator
International Sugar Journal, ISSN: ISSN: 0020-884, 2012, Vol. 114, pp. 34-40

C. de Prada, G. Gutierrez
Present and future trends in process control
 Ingeniería Química, edición especial ACHEMA, ISSN: 0210-2064, nº 505, año XLIV, 2012, pp.38-42

A. M. Aguirre, C. A. Méndez, G. Gutierrez and C. de Prada
An improvement-based milp optimization approach to complex aws scheduling
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, Vol. 47, 20 December 2012, pp. 217–226,

Luis G. Palacin, Fernando Tadeo, Cesar de Prada & Khaled Touati Título: Evaluation of the recovery of osmotic energy in desalination plants by using pressure retarded osmosis
Desalination and Water Treatment, ISSN: 1944-3986, Aug, 2012,
DOI:10.1080/19443994.2012.715130

Luis G. Palacin, Fernando Tadeo, Cesar de Prada, Johanna Salazar
Scheduling of the membrane module rotation in RO desalination plants
Desalination and Water Treatment, ISSN: 1944-3986, Aug, 2012,
doi: 10.1080/19443994.2012.715077

Rubén Martí, Daniel Sarabia, Daniel Navia and César de Prada.
A method to coordinate decentralized NMPC controllers in oxygen distribution networks
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, Volume 59, 5 December 2013, Pages 122–137

Rubén Martí, Daniel Sarabia and César de Prada
Price-Driven Coordination for Distributed NMPC using a Feedback Control Law
Distributed MPCMade Easy, Springer Verlag, ISBN: 978-94-007-7005-8, pp.73-88, Dec, 2013

G. Gutierrez, L. A. Ricardez-Sandoval, H. Budman, C. de Prada
An MPC-based control structure selection approach for simultaneous process and control design
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, 2013, ref.9894R1, aceptado.

A. D. Assandri, C. de Prada, A. Rueda, J. L. Martínez.
Non linear parametric predictive temperature control of a distillation column
Control Engineering Practice, ISSN: 0967-0661, Vol. 21, Issue 12, December 2013, pp. 1795–1806

D. Navia, D. Sarabia, G. Gutiérrez, F. Cubillos, C. de Prada.
A comparison between two methods of stochastic optimization for a dynamic hydrogen consuming plant
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, vol 63,n. pp. 219–233, April 2014

C. de Prada
Overview: Control hierarchy of large processing plants.
Encyclopedia of Systems and Control • Article ID: 366985 • Chapter ID: 241 Springer Verlag 2014, in press

C.de Prada , S. Cristea , R. Mazaeda, L. G. Palacin
Optimum operation of a beer filtration process “Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Process"

HPSC2012. Editores: G. Bock et al. Springer Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-319-09062-7, 2014, cap.15, pp183-194

 

R. Martí, D.Navia, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada

Robust Nonlinear Predictive Control of a Hydrodesulfuration Unit Using Multi-stage Stochastic Programing

Computer Aided Process Engineering series, vol. 33, ISBN: 978-0-444-63456-6, Elsevier, 2014, pp. 793-798

 

C. de Prada

Overview: Control hierarchy of large processing plants.

Encyclopedia of Systems and Control · Article ID: 366985 · Chapter ID: 241 Springer Verlag London 2015, Edt. J. Baillieul, T. Samad, 10.1007/978-1-4471-5058-9_241

 

R. Martí, Sergio Lucia, Daniel Sarabia, Radoslav Paulen, Sebastian Engell, Cesar de Prada

Improving Scenario Decomposition Algorithms for Robust Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

Computer and Chemical Engineering, 79 (2015) 30–45 Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, 2015,

 

 J. Salazar, F. Tadeo and C. de Prada

Modelling of diesel generator sets that assist off-grid renewable energy microgrids

 Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development (RESD) Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015, pp. 85-91 - ISSN 2356-8569

 

Navia, Daniel; Briceño, Luis; Gutiérrez, Gloria; De Prada, Cesar

Modifier-Adaptation Methodology for Real Time Optimization Reformulated as a Nested Optimization Problem

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,  ISSN: 0888-5885, ACS,2015, 54 (48), pp 12054–12071

 

Daniel Navia, Diego Villegas, Iván Cornejo, César de Prada

Real Time Optimization for a Laboratory Scale Flotation

Computer and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, 86 (2016) pp.62–74

 

F. Blasco, E. Pareja, T. Rodriguez, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada

SISGAS, un product español para la optimización de la medición

Industria Química, ISSN: 2340-2113, Oct. 2106, n.36 pp. 62-71, Ed Infoedita

 

Merino A., Alves R., Acebes L. F, Prada, C

Modeling and Simulation of a Beet Pulp Dryer for a Training Simulator

Drying Technology, Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 0737-3937, DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2016.1275674 Acepted Dec. 2016

 

C. de Prada, D. Sarabia, G. Gutierrez, E. Gomez, S. Marmol, M. Sola, C. Pascual, R. Gonzalez

Integration of RTO and MPC in the hydrogen network of a petrol refinery

Processes 2017, ISSN 2227-9717, 5(1), 3; doi:10.3390/pr5010003. 7 Jan, 2017

 

Jose l. Pitarch, César de Prada, Daniel Sarabia,

Challenges in the Management of Cyber-physical Systems of Systems

In “Challenges in Engineering and Management of Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems”. River Publishers, Jan., 2017, accepted

 

César de Prada, Daniel Sarabia,

Data Reconciliation, Optimization of Hydrogen Networks

In "Improving Resource Efficiency in the Process Industries", MORE, Edt. S. Krämer and S. Engell, Wiley-VCH, Mar. 2017, acepted

César de Prada, Jose L. Pitarch,

Real Time Optimization Systems

In "Improving Resource Efficiency in the Process Industries", MORE, Edt. S. Krämer and S. Engell, Wiley-VCH, Mar. 2017, acepted

 

José Luis Pitarch, Carlos G. Palacín, César de Prada, Bernhard Voglauer, Gerhard Seyfriedsberger

Optimisation of the Resource Effciency in an Industrial Evaporation System

Journal of Process Control, Elsevier, ISSN: 0959-1524, aceptado Apr. 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2017.04.002

 

International Conferences, last 5 years

An improvement-based MILP optimization approach to complex AWS scheduling

Adrián M. Aguirre, Carlos A. Méndez, Gloria Gutierrez and Cesar de Prada

Foundations of Computer-AidedProcess Operations FOCAPO 2012, CACHE, Savannah, Georgia, USA  8-12/2/2012, paper 36

 

Two-Scale Modelling of the Concentration Polarization in a Reverse Osmosis Membrane

L.G. Palacin, C. Theodoropoulos, X. Weiguo, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada, J. Salazar

Chemical Process Control VIII, CPC 2012, CACHE, Savannah, Georgia, USA  8-12/2/2012, paper: 29

 Modelling and optimization of hydrogen networks in petrol refineries

C.    de Prada, E. Gomez, D. Sarabia, G. Gutierrez

2nd Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, ACODS, Invited session, India Inst. of Science,  Febr. 16-18, 2012, Bangalore, India   

 

Optimum operation of a beer filtration process

C.    de Prada , S. Cristea , R. Mazaeda, L. G. Palacin

5th Int. Conf. High Performace Scientific Computing, (Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes), HPSC12

March 5-9, 2012,  Hanoi, Vietnam, pg. 168

 

IFTtune: a PID automatic tuning software tool
R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
IFAC Conference on Advances in PID Control, PID'12
28-30 March 2012, Brescia, Italia, paper 146

Evaluation of the possibility of recovering osmotic energy in the retentate of desalination plants by using Pressure Retarded Osmosis.
Luis G. Palacin, Fernando Tadeo, Cesar de Prada
Desalination for the environment, clean water and energy, EDS, April 23–26, 2012
Barcelona, Spain (paper 420)

Shared Resources Management by Price Coordination
R. Martí, C. de Prada, D. Navia, D. Sarabia
22European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE22, EFCE, 17-20 Jun. 2012, London, UK, Ref: ESC/341

Automated manufacturing system scheduling. An optimization approach
A. M. Aguirre, C. A. Méndez, P. M. Castro, C. de Prada
22European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE22, EFCE, 17-20 Jun. 2012, London, UK

 Laboratory Plant of a Gas Distribution Network
D. Navia, R. Martí, D.Sarabia, C. de Prada
9th IFAC Symposium Advances in Control Education, ACE 2012, IFAC
19-21 Jun. Nizhny Novgorod, Rusia (Paper ID: 73, Contributed Paper)

Self-optimizing control structure for an industrial diesel hydrodesulfurization plant
E. G. Sayalero, C. de Prada, S. Skogestad and R. González
PSE 2012, Number : 280, Category: Modeling and Optimization,
July 15-19, 2012, Singapore

An optimization scheduling framework for automated manufacturing systems
Adrian Aguirre, Carlos Mendez, Pedro Castro and Cesar de Prada
PSE 2012, Number : 322, Category:
July 15-19, 2012, Singapore

Implementing optimal hydrogen networks management
C. de Prada, G. Gutierrez, D. Sarabia, E. Gómez, C. A. Méndez, J. M. Sola, R. González
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC, 11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore, Paper ID: 144, Invited session “Application of Process Systems Engineering Tools to Energy Related Processes”

Handling Infeasibilities in Dual Modifier-Adaptation Methodology for Real-Time Optimization
D. Navia, R. Martí, D. Sarabia, G. Gutierrez, C. de Prada
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC, 11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore, Paper ID: 78, Regular Paper

An optimization-based framework for the scheduling of Automated Manufacturing Systems
Adrián M. Aguirre, Carlos A. Méndez, Cesar de Prada
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC, 11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore (Paper ID: 124, Regular Paper)

Reduced Model of a Beer Microfiltration Plant
Smaranda Cristea, Rogelio Mazaeda, Luis Palacin, Cesar de Prada
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC, 11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore (Paper ID:160 )

Modeling of MicroSource for Microgrid during Island Operation
J. Salazar, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
International Conference on Communications, Computing and Control Applications. (CCCA'12)
December 06–08, 2012 Marseille, France

Optimal operation of a beer filtration process
S. Cristea, C. de Prada, R. Mazaeda
Workshop: Advances in Modelling, Control and Optimization of Food Processes (CAFÉ) in the 2012 EFFoST Annual Meeting (European Federation of Food Science and Technology)
Montpellier, France, 20 November 2012, paper 0344

Modelling and monitoring of natural gas networks
T. Rodríguez, D. Sarabia, M. Valbuena, C. de Prada
European Gas Technology Conference, EGATEC 2013, GERG network.
Paris (France) May 30-31, 2013.

Hycon 2 Network Show Case: Sugar Factory
A. Rodriguez, L. F. Acebes, R. Mazaeda, A. Merino, and C. de Prada
The Fifth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation, SIMUL 2013
Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-61208-308-7, pp 7-12
Venice, Italy, Oct. 27 – Nov. 1, 2013

Control Proposal for Pressure Retarded Osmosis
K. Touati, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
3rd International Conference on Systems and Control, Paper ID: 48
Algiers, Algeria, October 29-31, 2013

Nested Modifier-Adaptation for RTO in the Otto Williams Reactor
D.Navia, G. Gutierrez, C. de Prada
10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, (DYCOPS 2013) (Paper ID: 101, Regular Paper)
Mombay, India, 18-20 Dic. 2013

Coordination of distributed model predictive controllers using price-driven coordination and sensitivity analysis.
R. Martí, D. Sarabia, D. Navia,, C. de Prada
10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, (DYCOPS 2013) (Paper ID: 35, Regular Paper)
Mombay, India, 18-20 Dic. 2013

Optimal Control of Beer Filtration Process
S. P. Cristea, R.Mazaeda, C. de Prada
10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, (DYCOPS 2013) (Paper ID: 156, Regular Paper, Best presentation of the session)
Mombay, India, 18-20 Dic. 2013

Robust Nonlinear Predictive Control of a Hydrodesulfuration Unit Using Multi-stage Stochastic Programing
R. Martí, D.Navia, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014

Sugar Crystallization Benchmark
R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada, L. F. Acebes, A. Rodríguez, S. Engell
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014

Modelling and optimization of natural gas networks
T. Rodríguez, D. Sarabia, M.Valbuena, C. de Prada
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014

Optimal Allocation of Shared Resources in an Integrated Sugar Production Plant
R. Hernández, L. Simora, R. Paulen, S. Wegerhoff, R. Mazaeda, S. Engell, C. de Prada
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014

Sugar process management show case
Cesar de Prada, L. Simora, R. Hernandez, S. Engell, R. Mazaeda, A. Rodriguez, F. Acebes
HYCON2 Workshop "Control of large-scale distributed and cooperating systems: Recent achievements within the Network of Excellence HYCON2", ECC 2014 Strasbourg, France, 24 June,2014

Data reconciliation and real-time optimization of the hydrogen network in a refinery
Cesar de Prada, E. Gomez, Daniel Sarabia and Gloria Gutierrez
HYCON2 Workshop "Control of large-scale distributed and cooperating systems: Recent achievements within the Network of Excellence HYCON2", ECC 2014 Strasbourg, France, 24 June,2014

Optimal Operation of a Petrol Refinery Hydrogen Network
E. Gomez, G. Gutierrez, D. Sarabia, R. Gonzalez, M.Sola, S.Marmol, C. de Prada
20th, IFORS 2014, Int. Federation of Operational Research Societies
Barcelona 13-18 Jul, 2014

Library for Dynamic Simulations of Microgrids with mixed Renewable Energy Sources
J. Salazar, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
19th IFAC World Congress, (IFAC WC 2014), pp.3599-3604
Cape Town, Southafrica, 24-29 August, 2014

Mixed Modifier-Adaptation for RTO in a Continuous Bioreactor
D. Navia, G. Gutiérrez, C. de Prada
19th IFAC World Congress, (IFAC WC 2014), pp.2734-2739
Cape Town, Southafrica, 24-29 August, 2014

Distributed Stochastic Optimization of a Process Plant Start-up
R. Martí, D. Navia, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
19th IFAC World Congress, (IFAC WC 2014), pp. 7635-7640
Cape Town, Southafrica, 24-29 August, 2014

Modelling and simulation of the non-ideal mixing behaviour of the crystallization stage in a sugar factory batch crystallizer
D. Tejerina, R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
26th European Modeling & Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2014,
Bordeaux, France, September 22-24, 2014, paper 28

Hierarchical control of large complex plants
S. Cristea, R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
Workshop on Tools and Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems,
Bertinoro, Italy, September 12, 2014, at IFM2014
 

Non-linear Moving Horizon State Estimation and Control for the Superfluid Helium Cryogenic Circuit at the Large Hadron Collider
R. Noga, C. de Prada, T. Ohtsuka, E. Blanco, J. Casas
53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC2014
Los Angeles, California, USA., 15-17 Dec, 2014, Submission No. 1722

Optimal operation of an evaporation process
J.L. Pitarch, C.G. Palacin , A. Merino, C. De Prada
6th International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing
Hanoi, Vietnam, March 16-20, 2015,
 

Plant-wide hierarchical optimal control of a crystallization process
R. Mazaeda, S. P. Cristea, C. de Prada
Int. Symposium on advanced Controlof Chemical Processes, ADCHEM2015, IFAC
Invited session on Modeling, Control and Optimization of Energy Generating Systems“
Wishtler, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 June, 2015, submission 188

Gross errors management in data reconciliation
M.J. Fuente, G. Gutierrez, E. Gomez, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
Int. Symposium on advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM2015, IFAC
Wishtler, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 June, 2015, submission 214

Modifier-Adaptation methodology for RTO applied to Distillation Columns
T. Rodríguez-Blanco, D. Sarabia, C. De Prada
Int. Symposium on advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM2015, IFAC
Invited session on “Control and Optimization Challenges in Oil and Gas industries“
Wishtler, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 June, 2015, submission 192

An Efficient Distributed Algorithm for Multi-Stage Robust Nonlinear Predictive Control
R.Marti, S. Lucia, D. Sarabia, R. Paulen, S. Engell, C. de Prada
European Control Conference, ECC2015, EUCA
Linz, Austria, 15-17 July, 2015, submission 78

NMPC for super fluid helium cryogenics
Rafal Noga, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, Cesar de Prada, Enrique Blanco, Juan Casas
5th IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, NMPC'15
Seville, September 17-20, 2015

Hierarchical Optimal Operation of Continuous-Batch Processes
Cesar de Prada, S. P. Cristea, R. Mazaeda
5th IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, NMPC'15
Seville, September 17-20, 2015, invited semi-plenary speaker

Energy consumption optimization in an evaporation process using NLP and a reformulated modifier-adaptation methodology
J.L. Pitarch, D. Sarabia, T. Rodríguez, C.G. Palacín, C. de Prada
10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, ECCE2015, EFCE
Nize, France, 27 sept- 1 Oct. 2015, Submission-1498

Resource efficiency indicators applied to refinery hydrogen networks
E. Gómez, G. Gutiérrez, D. Sarabia, S. Mármol, J.M. Sola, C. Pascual, R. González, C. de Prada
10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, ECCE2015, EFCE
Nize, France, 27 sept- 1 Oct. 2015, Submission-1414

PID_TUNE: A PID autotuning software tool on UNICOS CPC
R. Martí, B. Bradu, E. Blanco, L. Frutos, R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
ICALEPCS15, Int. Conf. On Accelerators & Large Scale Experimental Physics Control Systems
17-23 Oct. 2015 Melbourne

Efficient modelling and RTO of stationary systems: Application into an evaporation process
C.G. Palacín, J.L. Pitarch and C. De Prada
SIMUL2015, SCS,
 

Modifier-Adaptation approach to deal with structural and parametric uncertainty
T. Rodríguez-Blanco, D. Sarabia, C. De Prada
11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, DYCOPS-CAB Trondheim, Norway, June 6-8, 2016

Optimal management of hydrogen in a petrol Refinery
E. G. Sayalero, D. Sarabia, G. Gutierrez, S. Marmol, J. M. Sola, C. Pascual, R. Gonzalez and C. de Prada
European Control Conference, ECC16, EUCA
Aalborg, Denmark, 29 June 1st July 1, 2016

Optimal scheduling of evaporation lines with time-varying capacities and decaying performance
C.Mendez, C. Gomez, J. Pitarch, C. de Prada
28th European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2016, EURO
Poznan, Poland, 3-6 July, 2016.

Tania Rodríguez-Blanco, Daniel Sarabia, Cesar de Prada,

IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control MSC2016, Submission No. 246

Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 19-22, 2016

 

Distributed Nonlinear Control of a Nonisothermal Plug-flow Reactor

Jose Luis Pitarch, Mohsen Rakhshan, Mohammad Mehdi Mardani, Mokhtar Sha Sadeghi, Cesar de Prada

2nd IFAC Workshop on Thermodynamic Foundations of Mathematical Systems Theory, (TFMST 2016), Paper ID: 11

VIgo, 28-30 sep. 2016

 

Predictive Control of Microgrids with Mixed Sources for Desalination in Remote Areas

J. Salazar, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada

IFAC and CIGRE/CIRED Workshop on Control of Transmission and Distribution Smart Grids, (Paper ID: 38, Regular Paper)

Prague, Czech Republic, October 11-13, 2016

 

Modifier Adaptation Approach Using RELS to compute Process Gradients

T. Rodríguez-Blanco, D. Sarabia and C. De Prada

FOCAPO-CPC 2017, paper 42

Tucson, Arizona, January 8-12, 2017

 



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Societies
 

CEA   Comité Español de Automática 

President   2010-2014

 

IFAC  International Federation of Automatic Control

Member of the  IFAC Technical Committee on Chemical Process Control
 

ISA  International Society for Systems and Automation  (former Instrument Society of America)

Member of ISA-Spain

 

SCS  Society for Computer Simulation International

Member of  SCS

 

Promotor of  COESI (Confederación Española de Sociedades de Ingeniería)
 

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