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Overview

Ramon Vilanova is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Control and Systems Engineering as well as Water Science and Technology.

Their work covers several specialized subfields, including:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Pollution
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

Vilanova's main research topics revolve around advanced control and optimization methods, including:

  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Advanced Control Systems Design
  • Extremum Seeking Control Systems
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Water Systems and Optimization

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, as indicated by publications in respected venues such as IFAC-PapersOnLine, Processes, IEEE Access, and conferences including the 26th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC) and EDULEARN proceedings.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation: Simple Control Schemes with a Holistic Perspective, 2020, Sustainability
  • Non-Linear Sliding Mode Controller for Photovoltaic Panels with Maximum Power Point Tracking, 2020, Processes
  • Educational Data Mining for Tutoring Support in Higher Education: A Web-Based Tool Case Study in Engineering Degrees, 2020, IEEE Access
  • Denoising Autoencoders and LSTM-Based Artificial Neural Networks Data Processing for Its Application to Internal Model Control in Industrial Environments-The Wastewater Treatment Plant Control Case, 2020, Sensors
  • Repositioned Internal Model Control Strategy on Time-Delayed Industrial Processes With Inverse Behavior Using Equilibrium Optimizer, 2023, IEEE Access

Research collaborations frequently involve several co-authors who have contributed extensively alongside Vilanova. These include O. Arrieta, Montse Meneses, José David Rojas, Marian Barbu, and José López Vicario.

In addition to articles, Ramon Vilanova has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Nature:

  • Industrial PID Controller Tuning, 2021

Best Publications

  • PID Control in the Third Millennium

    Ramon Vilanova;Antonio Visioli

  • IMC based Robust PID design: Tuning guidelines and automatic tuning

    R. Vilanova

  • Applying variable dissolved oxygen set point in a two level hierarchical control structure to a wastewater treatment process

    I. Santín;C. Pedret;R. Vilanova

  • PID control in the Third Millennium : lessons learned and new approaches

    Ramon Vilanova;Antonio Visioli

  • Improving the performance of a WWTP control system by model-based setpoint optimisation

    Javier Guerrero;Albert Guisasola;Ramon Vilanova;Juan A. Baeza

  • PID control in terms of robustness/performance and servo/regulator trade-offs: A unifying approach to balanced autotuning

    S. Alcántara;R. Vilanova;C. Pedret

  • Model-reference robust tuning of 2DoF PI controllers for first- and second-order plus dead-time controlled processes

    Víctor M. Alfaro;Víctor M. Alfaro;Ramon Vilanova

  • Robust tuning of 2DoF five-parameter PID controllers for inverse response controlled processes

    Víctor M. Alfaro;Víctor M. Alfaro;Ramon Vilanova

  • Model-Reference Robust Tuning of PID Controllers

    Victor M. Alfaro;Ramon Vilanova

  • Life Cycle Assessment as an environmental evaluation tool for control strategies in wastewater treatment plants

    M. Meneses;H. Concepción;D. Vrecko;R. Vilanova

  • Application of multivariate virtual reference feedback tuning for wastewater treatment plant control

    José David Rojas;Xavier Flores-Alsina;Ulf Jeppsson;Ramón Vilanova

  • Robust tuning of Two-Degree-of-Freedom (2-DoF) PI/PID based cascade control systems

    V.M. Alfaro;R. Vilanova;O. Arrieta;O. Arrieta

  • Tuning rules for robust FOPID controllers based on multi-objective optimization with FOPDT models

    Helem Sabina Sánchez;Fabrizio Padula;Antonio Visioli;Ramon Vilanova

  • PID autotuning for weighted servo/regulation control operation

    O. Arrieta;O. Arrieta;A. Visioli;R. Vilanova

  • ANN-Based Soft Sensor to Predict Effluent Violations in Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Ivan Pisa;Ignacio Santín;Jose Lopez Vicario;Antoni Morell

  • Optimal control of wastewater treatment plants using economic-oriented model predictive dynamic strategies

    Silvana Revollar;Pastora Vega;Ramón Vilanova;Mario Francisco

  • Advanced decision control system for effluent violations removal in wastewater treatment plants

    I. Santín;C. Pedret;R. Vilanova;M. Meneses

  • Fuzzy Control and Model Predictive Control Configurations for Effluent Violations Removal in Wastewater Treatment Plants

    I. Santín;C. Pedret;R. Vilanova

  • Inventory control for the supply chain: An adaptive control approach based on the identification of the lead-time

    C.A. Garcia;A. Ibeas;J. Herrera;R. Vilanova

  • IMC-like analytical H∞ design with S/SP mixed sensitivity consideration: Utility in PID tuning guidance

    S. Alcántara;W.D. Zhang;C. Pedret;R. Vilanova

  • LSTM-Based Wastewater Treatment Plants Operation Strategies for Effluent Quality Improvement

    Ivan Pisa;Ignacio Santin;Antoni Morell;Jose Lopez Vicario

  • Realisation of two-degrees-of-freedom compensators

    R. Vilanova;I. Serra

  • Control strategies for nitrous oxide emissions reduction on wastewater treatment plants operation

    I Santín;M Barbu;M Barbu;C Pedret;R Vilanova

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Visioli
Antonio Visioli University of Brescia
Umberto Spagnolini
Umberto Spagnolini Polytechnic University of Milan
Weidong Zhang
Weidong Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Fernando Tadeo
Fernando Tadeo University of Valladolid
Sigurd Skogestad
Sigurd Skogestad Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Michael J. Grimble
Michael J. Grimble University of Strathclyde
Juan A. Baeza
Juan A. Baeza Autonomous University of Barcelona
Anastasios J. Karabelas
Anastasios J. Karabelas The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Javier Lafuente
Javier Lafuente Autonomous University of Barcelona
Andrea G. Capodaglio
Andrea G. Capodaglio University of Pavia

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