Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
718073 IFAC Proceedings Volumes 2012 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper describes a modelling framework for the description of thermodynamic systems with phase transitions. It is shown that these systems can be conveniently described within the framework of (regional) hybrid systems. A hybrid optimal control problem for a particular class of van der Waals type systems with the liquid-gas phase transition is analized in detail.

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