Design and implementation of fuzzy predictive controller for distillation column

Most of the real systems exhibit non-linear nature; conventional controllers are not always able to provide good and acceptable results. this paper presents a hybrid control strategy of model predictive control (mpc) and fuzzy logic control (flc). the fuzzy model predictive control (fmpc) approach is developed to control various distillation column models. the performance measures like settling time,peak overshoot,integral square error (ise) and integral absolute error (iae) of fmpc is validated with mpc,flc and conventional multi loop pi controller. the simulation results shows that the fmpc has better performance than other controller on various distillation column models. © school of engineering,taylor’s university.