• A bounded positive nonlinear PI controller for double-pipe heat exchangers 

      Zavala Río, Arturo; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Adam Medina, Manuel; Brizuela Mendoza, Jorge Aurelio; Hernández González, Omar (2012)
      "In this work, temperature regulation of double-pipe heat exchangers is considered. The positive (unidirectional) and bounded features of the flow rate input variable are taken into account in the analysis. As a result, a ...
    • A generalized design methodology for the output feedback regulation of a special type of systems with bounded inputs 

      Zavala Río, Arturo; Aguilera González, Adriana; Martínez Sibaja, Albino; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Adam Medina, Manuel (2013)
      "In this work, a generalized design scheme for the output feedback regulation of a special type of systems with bounded inputs is proposed. It gives rise to a simple dynamic controller that guarantees the regulation objective ...
    • Bounded positive adaptive control for counterflow heat exchangers 

      Zavala Río, Arturo; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Hernández González, Omar (International Federation of Automatic ControlInternational Federation of Automatic Control, 2007)
      "In this work, we propose an outlet temperature control scheme for counterflow heat exchangers, that takes into account and actually exploits the analytical-stability features inherent to the open-loop dynamics. As a result, ...
    • Bounded positive control for double-pipe heat exchangers 

      Zavala Río, Arturo; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Hernández González, Omar (2009)
      "In this work, an outlet temperature control scheme for double-pipe heat exchangers is proposed. Compared to previously proposed approaches, the algorithm developed here takes into account and actually exploits the analytical ...
    • Control tolerante a fallas activo: estimación y acomodación de fallas en sensores aplicado al modelo LPV de una bicicleta sin conductor 

      Brizuela Mendoza, Jorge Aurelio; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Zavala Río, Arturo; Canales Abarca, Francisco (2016-06)
      "Se presenta el diseño de un control tolerante a fallas (CTF) activo aplicado al modelo de una bicicleta sin conductor con representación Lineal de Parámetros Variables en el tiempo (LPV) polinomial, afectado por fallas ...
    • Gain-scheduled linear quadratic regulator applied to the stabilization of a riderless bicycle 

      Brizuela Mendoza, Jorge Aurelio; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Zavala Río, Arturo; Canales Abarca, Francisco; Martínez García, Mario (2017)
      "In this article, a gain-scheduling control is designed to achieve the stabilization of a riderless bicycle. The main contribution is the design of a stabilizing control system including integral actions based on an observer ...
    • Instrumentation of a bicycle without driver for experimental testing of automatic control 

      Brizuela Mendoza, Jorge Aurelio; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Zavala Río, Arturo; Canales Abarca, Francisco (2016)
      "In this paper, the instrumentation of a riderless bicycle prototype for control purposes is addressed. The proposed instrumentation is based on the mathematical model of a bicycle, in which the dynamical variables correspond ...
    • Performance monitoring of heat exchangers via adaptive observers 

      Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Zavala Río, Arturo; Alvarado Martínez, Victor M; Méndez, R.M.; Reyes Reyes, Juan (Elsevier, 2007)
      "In this paper, a method for monitoring the performance degradation in a heat exchanger is presented. This method is based on the use of an adaptive observer which estimates the overall heat transfer coefficient U. The ...
    • State and actuator fault estimation observer design integrated in a riderless bicycle stabilization system 

      Brizuela Mendoza, Jorge Aurelio; Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel; Zavala Río, Arturo; Pattalochi, Leo; Canales Abarca, Francisco (2016)
      "This paper deals with an observer design for Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) systems with high-order time-varying parameter dependency. The proposed design, considered as the main contribution of this paper, corresponds ...