Hierarchical Hybrid Control Synthesis and its Application to a Multiproduct Batch Plant

This contribution demonstrates the potential of a hierarchical hybrid control framework developed in a previous paper (Moor et al., 2003) by applying it to a specific process control example. The example is the control of a multiproduct batch plant with both continuous and discrete inputs. The control problem is to produce a desired amount of each product with minimal operating costs while observing safety and quality requirements