A Report on the 14^th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture by

Prof. Juan Manuel Martín-Sánchez

The 14^th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Seminar was delivered by Prof. Juan Manuel Martin-Sanchez, IEEE Fellow, adaptive-predictive control expert from Spain. The lecture ‘Optimized adaptive control & industrial applications’ was conducted on September 15, 2010 in the Committee Room (Block II-241, 1st Floor) of the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, New Delhi under the aegis of IEEE PES-IAS Delhi chapter for the year 2010.It started at 05.30 P.M. and continued up to 7.30 P.M. with good interactive session in-between. Prof. Sanchez has started his talk with Manual control, Automation control (PID Controllers and Expert Systems) and at last with Advanced Control (Adaptive Predictive Control) and Adaptive Predictive Expert ADEX Control. He discussed various aspects of control of PID controllers and experience to tune the PID controllers, instead of calculating the poles and zeros and look for stability limit. He emphasized on the need for proper and simple control for energy conservation. He derived a simple process control algorithm for temperature of intelligent building. Later he has discussed on predictive control and optimized control with its adaptation. The discussion on the changes in the variables or perturbations that affect the process has two effects firstly the control variable is deviated from the set point and the dynamics of the process are modified.

Predictive Control is an advanced tool but it is incomplete. In order to be a complete solution, it needs an adaptive mechanism capable of adjusting the parameters of the predictive model when the process dynamics change. He has discussed about his US patent No 4,197,576 dated 8 Apr 1980 on adaptive-predictive control system. The patent deals with adaptive-predictive control system for controlling single-input single-output, or multivariable time-variant processes known or unknown parameters and with or without time delay is discussed. He also discussed what exists inside the adaptive-predictive controller and how it is working. He also discussed on one of his European and International patents on adaptive-predictive control. A new control area of research by Prof. Sanchez at ADEX Control Company in Madrid, Spain is been discussed and its products. This company deals with process control of cement and air-conditioning plants for energy conservation. He explained about the one of his products on Optimized Temperature Control in a Coal-fired Plant of Scottish Power and how it improved the efficiency of the plant. He discussed the difference between the conventional control and ADEX control. This presentation was of interest to all power and control engineering professionals, who came from academic institutions as well as power utilities and equipment manufacturers. In all 60 persons (7 IEEE Members and 53 others) attended this event.

Audience at EE Dept Committee Room of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi attending lecture of Prof Juan Manuel Martin -Sanchez

Welcome speech by Dr. Sukumar, IEEE PES-IAS Delhi Chapter Secretary	Prof. Sanchez with Dr. Sukumar and Research Scholars of Electrical Engineering Department IIT Delhi

During the trip earlier, a seminar on ‘Optimized Adaptive Control of industrial processes focusing on those applications in which energy savings, reduced emissions and improved efficiency add significant value’ was also delivered by Prof. Juan Manuel Martin-Sanchez, IEEE Fellow, adaptive-predictive control expert from Spain. The seminar was conducted in the Committee Room, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, on September 14, 2010 under the aegis of IEEE PES-IAS Delhi chapter. It started at 12.30 P.M. with good interactive session in-between and lasted for an hour. This presentation was of interest to all power and control engineering professionals, who came from academic institutions as well as power utilities and equipment manufacturers. In all 34 persons (4 IEEE Members and 30 others) attended this event.

Welcome speech by Prof. Mini Thomas, Jamia Millia Islamia Delhi	Audience at EE Dept Committee Room of Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi attending lecture of Prof Sanchez

Prof. Sanchez (left) being presented memento by Prof. Mini Thomas(right), Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi	Prof. Sanchez with Audience at Electrical Engineering Department, Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi