Claes Breitholtz

Professor Emeritus at Automatic Control

Claes Breitholtz is Professor of Automatic control. His major research interests are in modeling and control of distributed parameter systems and in stochastic optimal control. Among applications encountered in his research, the control of chemical reactors and the transmission of high voltage direct current (HVDC) have been in focus. Claes Breitholtz is also engaged in graduate as well as undergraduate education in Automatic control.

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2017

Analytical derivation of poorly-damped eigenvalues in two-terminal VSC-HVDC systems

Georgios Stamatiou, Massimo Bongiorno, Yujiao Song et al
19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'17 ECCE Europe)
Paper in proceeding
2017

Analytical derivation of poorly-damped eigenvalues in two-Terminal VSCHVDC systems

Georgios Stamatiou, Massimo Bongiorno, Yujiao Song et al
2017 19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2017 ECCE Europe. Vol. 2017-January
Paper in proceeding
2017

VSC-HVDC system robust stability analysis based on a modified mixed small gain and passivity theorem

Yujiao Song, Claes Breitholtz
IFAC-PapersOnLine. Vol. 50 (1), p. 13-18
Paper in proceeding
2017

State constrained optimal control via the Fokker-Planck equation

Per Rutquist, Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Proceedings 20th IFAC World Congress, July 9-14, 2017, Toulouse, France
Paper in proceeding
2016

Nyquist Stability Analysis of an AC-Grid Connected VSC-HVDC System Using a Distributed Parameter DC Cable Model

Yujiao Song, Claes Breitholtz
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. Vol. 31 (2), p. 898-907
Journal article
2016

Analytical investigation of poorly damped conditions in VSC-HVDC systems

Yujiao Song, Claes Breitholtz, Georgios Stamatiou et al
2016 IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2016, p. Art no 7798762, Pages 3279-3285
Paper in proceeding
2015

Stability and robustness of VSC-HVDC systems

Claes Breitholtz
HVDC Forum. Birmingham, UK, 7-8 September, 2015
Other conference contribution
2014

Nyquist stability analysis of a VSC-HVDC system using a distributed parameter DC-cable model

Yujiao Song, Claes Breitholtz
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). Vol. 19, p. 8202-8209
Paper in proceeding
2014

Solving the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation for a stochastic system with state constraints

Per Rutquist, Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Vol. 2015-February, p. 1840-1845
Paper in proceeding
2014

Internal interconnections impact on control performance in a thermomechanical pulping process

Karin Eriksson, Anders Karlström, Claes Breitholtz
2009 10th European Control Conference, ECC 2009; Budapest; Hungary; 23 August 2009 through 26 August 2009, p. 3486-3491
Paper in proceeding
2013

On the analysis of the dc dynamics of multi-terminal VSC-HVDC systems using small signal modeling

Gustavo Pinares, Lina Bertling Tjernberg, Anh Tuan Le et al
2013 IEEE Grenoble Conference PowerTech, POWERTECH 2013; Grenoble; France; 16 June 2013 through 20 June 2013, p. Art. no. 6652303-
Paper in proceeding
2013

Analysis of the dc Dynamics of VSC-HVDC Systems Using a Frequency Domain Approach

Gustavo Pinares, Anh Tuan Le, Claes Breitholtz et al
Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC
Paper in proceeding
2013

High-Level Scheduling of Energy Optimal Trajectories

Oskar Wigström, Bengt Lennartson, Alberto Vergnano et al
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Vol. 10 (1), p. 57-64
Journal article
2012

Optimal Control of a Batch Reactor Using the Linearized Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation

Per Rutquist, Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Proceedings 15th Nordic Process Control Workshop, p. 187-188
Other conference contribution
2011

Finite-time state-constrained optimal control for input-affine systems with actuator noise

Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). Vol. 18 (PART 1), p. 5915-5919
Paper in proceeding
2011

Model-based on-board turbofan thrust estimation

M. Henriksson, Tomas Grönstedt, Claes Breitholtz
Control Engineering Practice. Vol. 19 (6), p. 602-610
Journal article
2010

State constrained control based on linearization of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation

Torsten Wik, Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz
Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Atlanta, 15-17 December 2010, p. 5192-5197
Paper in proceeding
2010

State-Constrained Control Based on Linearization of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation

Torsten Wik, Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz
15th Nordic Process Control Workshop, Lund
Other conference contribution
2009

A note on decoupling

Karin Eriksson, Claes Breitholtz, Anders Karlström
Proceedings 15th Nordic Process Control Workshop, p. 36-37
Other conference contribution
2008

Closed loop model reduction applied to a tank reactor process

Veronica Olesen, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Chemical Engineering Science. Vol. 63 (3), p. 674-684
Journal article
2008

Tank reactor temperature control using Quantitative Feedback Theory

Veronica Olesen, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Proceedings 17th IFAC World Congress
Paper in proceeding
2008

On the infinite-time solution to state-constrained stochastic optimal control

Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Automatica. Vol. 44 (7), p. 1800-1805
Journal article
2007

Quantitative feedback theory used on a tank reactor model

Veronica Olesen, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Proceedings 14th Nordic Process Control Workshop, p. 36-37
Other conference contribution
2007

Closed loop model reduction applied to a tank reactor process

Veronica Olesen, Claes Breitholtz
Report
2007

Quantitative assessment in frequency domain of reactor model simplification

Veronica Olesen, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Report
2006

On the infinite-time solution to state-constrained stochastic optimal control problems

Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Reglermöte 2006
Paper in proceeding
2006

Low model order approximations of continuously stirred biofilm reactors with Monod kinetics

Torsten Wik, Elin Göransson, Claes Breitholtz
Biochemical Engineering Journal. Vol. 30 (1), p. 16-25
Journal article
2006

A closed loop perspective of model reduction for a CSTR

Veronica Olesen, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Reglermöte 2006
Conference poster
2005

An eigenvalue approach to infinite-horizon optimal control

Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Proceedings of the 16 th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republik
Paper in proceeding
2005

A Closed Loop Approach to Tank Reactor Model Simplification

Veronica Olesen, Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Proceedings of the 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic
Paper in proceeding
2004

Optimal control of battery supercapacitor systems

Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
Reglermötet 2004
Paper in proceeding
2004

Model reduction for temperature control of non-ideally stirred tank reactors

Veronica Olesen, Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Reglermötet 2004, Institutionen för signaler och system, Reglerteknik och automation.
Paper in proceeding
2004

Estimation of thrust and mass flow in a jet engine

Mattias Henriksson, Claes Breitholtz
Proc of IEEE CCA 2004, p. 7-
Paper in proceeding
2004

Linear parameter-varying descriptions of nonlinear systems

Fredrik Bruzelius, Stefan Pettersson, Claes Breitholtz
American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 1374-1379
Paper in proceeding
2004

Parameter sensitivity in a compartmental model of a non-ideally stirred tank reactor

Veronica Olesen, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
12th Nordic Process Control Workshop (29-30)
Paper in proceeding
2003

Region of attraction estimates for LPV-Gain scheduled control systems

Fredrik Bruzelius, Stefan Pettersson, Claes Breitholtz
European Control Conference,
Paper in proceeding
2003

Induced L2 -gain domain for LPV-Gain scheduled control systems

Fredrik Bruzelius, Stefan Pettersson, Claes Breitholtz
IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
Paper in proceeding
2002

Physics and Control of Resistive Wall Modes

Anders Bondeson, Yueqiang Liu, Demetrio Gregoratto et al
Phys. Plasmas Vol 9 (15):2044-2050
Journal article
2002

Internal interconnections in TMP refining

Fredrik Rosenqvist, Daniel Berg, Anders Karlström et al
IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Glasgow, UK
Paper in proceeding
2002

LPV-Based Gain Scheduling Technique applied to a Turbo Fan Engine Model

Fredrik Bruzelius, Claes Breitholtz, Stefan Pettersson
Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications
Paper in proceeding
2001

Gain Scheduling using Linear Parameter-varying Systems and H-inf synthesis

Fredrik Bruzelius, Claes Breitholtz
Proc of the 4th Swedish-Russian control conference
Paper in proceeding
2001

Gain scheduling via affine linear parameter-varying systems and H-infinity synthesis

Fredrik Bruzelius, Claes Breitholtz
40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Paper in proceeding
2001

Active feedback stabilization of high-beta modes in tokamaks

Yueqiang Liu, Anders Bondeson, Carl-Magnus Fransson et al
28th EPS Conf. On Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, Madeira, Portugal
Paper in proceeding
2001

Active control of MHD modes in magnetic confinement systems

Anders Bondeson, Yueqiang Liu, Demetrio Gregoratto et al
9th European Fusion Theory Workshop, Helsingör, Denmark
Paper in proceeding
2001

Active Feedback Stabilization of High-Beta Modes in Advanced Tokamaks

Anders Bondeson, Yueqiang Liu, Carl-Magnus Fransson et al
Nuclear Fusion. Vol. 41 (4), p. 455-463
Journal article
2000

H-inf control of unstable uncertain plants using Horowitz bounds

Carl-Magnus Fransson, Bengt Lennartson, Claes Breitholtz et al
39th Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia
Paper in proceeding
2000

Active feedback stabilization of high-beta modes in advanced Tokamaks

Anders Bondeson, Yueqiang Liu, Carl-Magnus Fransson et al
18th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Sorrento, Italy
Paper in proceeding
2000

Feedback stabilization of non-axisymmetric resistive wall modes in tokamaks. Part 2: Control analysis

Carl-Magnus Fransson, Bengt Lennartson, Claes Breitholtz et al
The Physics of Plasmas. Vol. 7 (10), p. 4143-4151
Journal article
2000

Feedback stabilization of non-axisymmetric resistive wall modes in tokamaks. Part 1: Electromagnetical model

Yueqiang Liu, Anders Bondeson, Carl-Magnus Fransson et al
The Physics of Plasmas. Vol. 7 (9), p. 3681-3690
Journal article
1998

Rational Transfer Functions for Biofilm Reactors

Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
AICHE Journal. Vol. 44 (12), p. 2647-2657
Journal article
1998

Transfer Function Models for Biofilm Reactors and Reactors with Porous Catalyst

Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Preprints of 8th Nordic Process Control Workshop, Skeviks Gård, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 242-
Paper in proceeding
1998

Transfer function models for CSTs with diffusion and reaction in biofilms or permeable catalysts

Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Preprints Reglermöte '98, Lunds tekniska högskola, p. 137-141
Paper in proceeding
1997

A study of gain scheduling control applied to an exothermic CSTR

Adam Lagerberg, Claes Breitholtz
Chemical Engineering Technology. Vol. 20 (7), p. 10-
Journal article
1996

Steady state solution of a two-species biofilm problem

Torsten Wik, Claes Breitholtz
Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Vol. 50 (6), p. 675-686
Journal article
1992

Control System Design in Distillation Processes and its Dependence of the Original Process Design

Anders Karlström, Claes Breitholtz, Inge Jovik et al
Proc of the 1st IFAC Workshop on Interactions between Process Design and Process Control, London, UK
Paper in proceeding
1992

HVDC transmission line model for transient simulation purposes

Rina Navarro-Adlemo, Claes Breitholtz
Proc of IFAC Symposium on Control of Power Plants and Power Systems, Munich, Germany
Paper in proceeding
1992

Experimental Validation of a Packed Bed Distillation Model

Anders Karlström, Claes Breitholtz
Chemical Engineering Technology. Vol. 15 (6)
Journal article
1992

Adaptiv och robust reglering - framtidens vägar till processstyrning

Claes Breitholtz
Kemisk Tidskrift (7)
Journal article
1992

Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer in Packed Bed Distillation Columns

Anders Karlström, Claes Breitholtz, Mats Molander
Chemical Engineering Technology. Vol. 15 (1), p. 1-10
Journal article
1991

Space and Time Continuous Lumped Transmission Line Model

Claes Breitholtz, Mats Molander, Rina Navarro-Adlemo
IEE Proceedings Part G, Circuits Devices and Systems. Vol. 138 (6), p. 661-670
Journal article
1991

On the Modelling of Packed Bed Distillation Columns

Claes Breitholtz
Preprints of the 3rd NDF Workshop, Trondheim, Norway
Paper in proceeding
1991

Model Order Reduction for Packed Bed Distillation Columns

Anders Karlström, Claes Breitholtz
Proc of the 1st European Control Conference, Grenoble, France
Paper in proceeding
1990

Model Simplification for Distributed Parameter Systems

Claes Breitholtz
Preprints of the 2nd NDF Workshop, Åbo, Finland
Paper in proceeding
1987

Disturbance rejection in packed bed binary distillation columns by means of linear quadratic control and Kalman filter techniques

Mats Molander, Claes Breitholtz
Proc. of BIAS 1987. International Conference on Control of Industrial Processes. Milano
Paper in proceeding
1985

Adaptive Control in an Instrumentation Environment

Claes Breitholtz, Bo Egardt
Proceedings of the HongKong Productivity Conference, HongKong
Paper in proceeding

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