Control of the Vertical Gradient Freeze crystal growth process via backstepping

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Abstract

This contribution presents a backstepping-based state feedback design for the tracking control of a two-phase Stefan problem which is encountered in the Vertical Gradient Freeze crystal growth process. A two-phase Stefan problem consists of two coupled free boundary problems and is a vital part of many crystal growth processes due to the time-varying extent of crystal and melt during growth. In addition, a different approach for the numerical approximation of the backstepping transformations kernel is presented.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7758-7764
Number of pages7
Journal IFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume53
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85105061419
ORCID /0000-0002-4911-1233/work/142252541

Keywords

Keywords

  • Vertical Gradient Freeze, two-phase Stefan problem, distributed-parameter systems, backstepping, tracking control, numerical methods