Control Engineering and System Analysis - ULB

In the field of early detection, the team has participated and continues to participate in several projects in partnership with industry. Examples of these projects include the following :

• POWER in which it developed methods for wind turbine monitoring (see https://www.polemecatech.be/en/projets/power/ ),

• MINT in which it developed supervision methods for parts of a galvanizing line (see https://www.polemecatech.be/fr/projets/mint/ ),

• HM+ in which it developed methods for monitoring the lubrication system of an aircraft engine,

• MONISA currently in progress in the field of supervision of electromechanical actuators.

In the field of control under constraints, the team works in particular on the control of UAVs. It is studying as examples : 

• questions of collaboration between UAVs and ground vehicles,

• the control of drones connected to the ground by a cable for power supply,

• the generation of optimal trajectories in the field of precision agriculture.

This last point concerns precision farming, a subject studied in the framework of the European PANTHEON project currently underway (see https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/774571 ).

The SAAS team has also been successfully involved for several years in the field of monitoring and rapid charging of lithium-ion batteries as part of the BATWAL program of excellence. It has designed and validated software sensors based on simplified electrochemical models. These software sensors provide indicators of the health status of a battery. It has also developed a rapid charging method based on an electrochemical characterization of the operating conditions of the battery. This approach, based on a stress control method, guarantees safety and avoids accelerated ageing linked to rapid charging.

The SAAS team is ready to contribute to R&D activities for any application related to its research axes.