%0 Journal Article %A Aymen Rhouma and Khaled Hcheichi and Sami Hafsi %D 2017 %J International Journal of Electrical and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 122, 2017 %T Application of Fractional Model Predictive Control to Thermal System %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10006816 %V 122 %X The article presents an application of Fractional Model Predictive Control (FMPC) to a fractional order thermal system using Controlled Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (CARIMA) model obtained by discretization of a continuous fractional differential equation. Moreover, the output deviation approach is exploited to design the K -step ahead output predictor, and the corresponding control law is obtained by solving a quadratic cost function. Experiment results onto a thermal system are presented to emphasize the performances and the effectiveness of the proposed predictive controller. %P 293 - 297