ABSTRACT
ABST R AC T This paper presents a systematic approach for the optimal design and evaluation of a novel model-based control method for the control of hydrogen desorption in metal-hydride bed storages. An existing dynamic model for a metal-hydride storage tank, developed in Kikkinides et al. (2006) and Georgiadis et al. (2009), is used for performing optimization and control studies for the hydrogen desorption in metal-hydride beds. Two types of controllers are presented, a Proportional Integral and a Multi-Parametric MPC, and their performances are evaluated with simulations in nominal and perturbed operating conditions.
