Stabilizing design parameters for model predictive control of constrained nonlinear time-delay systems

In this work a novel procedure for the calculation of stabilizing design parameters for model predictive control of nonlinear time-delay systems is presented. In contrast to previous results, the conditions derived for the local control law and the terminal region are based only on Lyapunov Krasovskii arguments and do not require any Lyapunov Razumikhin arguments. Therefore, the conditions are less restrictive, however a more complicated terminal region is obtained. The applicability of the proposed scheme is demonstrated for the numerical model of a continuous stirred tank reactor with recycle stream.