Marchetti, AlejandroAlejandroMarchettiFaulwasser, TimmTimmFaulwasserBonvin, DominiqueDominiqueBonvin2024-03-052024-03-052017Journal of Process Control 54: 38-46 (2017)https://hdl.handle.net/11420/46218In the context of static real-time optimization (RTO) of uncertain plants, the standard modifier-adaptation scheme consists in adding first-order correction terms to the cost and constraint functions of a model-based optimization problem. If the algorithm converges, the limit is guaranteed to be a KKT point of the plant. This paper presents a general RTO formulation, wherein the cost and constraint functions belong to a certain class of convex upper-bounding functions. It is demonstrated that this RTO formulation enforces feasible-side global convergence to a KKT point of the plant. Based on this result, a novel modifier-adaptation scheme with guaranteed feasible-side global convergence is proposed. In addition to the first-order correction terms, quadratic terms are added in order to convexify and upper bound the cost and constraint functions. The applicability of the approach is demonstrated on a constrained variant of the Williams–Otto reactor for which standard modifier adaptation fails to converge in the presence of plant-model mismatch.en0959-152420173846Elsevier ScienceFeasible-side convergenceGlobal convergenceOptimization under uncertaintyReal-time optimizationStatic optimizationComputer SciencesJournal Article10.1016/j.jprocont.2017.02.013Journal Article