Grey-box modelling of distributed parameter systems
Patrik Barkman · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) · 2018
Grey-box models are constructed by combining model components that are derived from first principles with components that are identified empirically from data. In this thesis a grey-box modelling method for describing distributed parameter systems is presented. The method combines partial differential equations with a multi-layer perceptron network in order to incorporate prior knowledge about the system while identifying unknown dynamics from data. A gradient-based optimization scheme which relies on the reverse mode of automatic differentiation is used to train the network. The method is presented in the context of modelling the dynamics of a chemical reaction in a fluid. Lastly, the grey-box modelling method is evaluated on a one-dimensional and two-dimensional instance of the reaction system. The results indicate that the grey-box model was able to accurately capture the dynamics of the reaction system and identify the underlying reaction.