Patent Document ID: 9163828
Application ID: 13285072
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of controlling a load generated by a power generating system, comprising: receiving a signal indicative of a load demand at an input of a dynamic matrix controller (DMC); determining, by the dynamic matrix controller, a value of a control signal based on the signal indicative of the load demand and a model stored in a memory of the dynamic matrix controller, the model descriptive of a behavior of a process response at various loads; generating, by the dynamic matrix controller, the control signal; switching control of the load generated by the power generating system from being based on a control signal generated by a PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivate) control routine within the power generating system, to being based on the DMC-generated control signal; and controlling the load generated by the power generating system based on the DMC-generated control signal.