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Erbet Almeida Costa

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Erbet Almeida Costa

PhD Candidate
Department of Chemical Engineering

erbet.a.costa@ntnu.no
Kjemiblokk 4 Gløshaugen, Trondheim
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About Research Publications

About

Erbet Costa has embarked on his Ph.D. program under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Idelfonso Nogueira. His research will focus on bridging the gap between traditional control theory and model predictive controllers using artificial intelligence techniques. Erbet aims to develop advanced AI-based control solutions that enhance control systems' robustness, stability, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Competencies

  • Artificial Lift Systems
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Artificial neural netwroks
  • Model Predictive Controllers
  • Modeling
  • PID Controllers
  • Process systems
  • Simulation
  • Uncertainty assessment

Research

  • Process Systems Engineering

SUBPRO-Zero

Sustainable Bridge Program towards Zero Emissions.

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2026

  • Arrais Romero Dias Lima, Fernando; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Leblebici, Mumin Enis; Secchi, Argimiro Resende; Souza, Maurício B. de; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) Symbolic Regression-Based Robust Control of Batch Crystallization: Design and PLC Implementation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) Offset-free Lyapunov-based stabilising robust nonlinear control using data-driven model: A nonlinear multi-model computationally efficient approach. Control Engineering Practice
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) RTO and advanced process control for electric submersible pumps using surrogate models. Journal of Process Control
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Skogestad, Sigurd; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) MAASC — Multi-Agentic Architecture Specialised for Control. Journal of Process Control
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Caprio, Ulderico Di; Steen-Hansen, Jenny; Rodrigues, Bruno; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Santos, Anderson Rapello dos; Esposito, Flora; Leblebici, Mumin Enis; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) ExPUFFIN: Thermodynamic consistent viscosity prediction in an Extended Path-Unifying Feed-Forward Interfaced Network. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances
    Academic article

2025

  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Abreu, Odilon Santana Luiz de; Reges, Galdir; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Fontana, Marcio; Ribeiro, Marcos Pellegrini; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.; Schnitman, Leizer. (2025) Standard MPC and Inputs-Target MPC implementation comparison in ESP systems. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Abreu, Odilon Santana Luiz De; Reges, Galdir; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Mendes, Tefilo Paiva Guimares; Fontana, Marcio; Bacellar, Francisco Raphael Ribeiro; Ribeiro, Marcos Pellegrini; Foresti, Bernardo Pereira. (2025) Application of Recurrent Neural Networks for Predictive Modeling of Electrical Submersible Pumps in Oil Extraction. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article

2024

  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Schnitman, Leizer; Loureiro, José Miguel; Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Adaptive digital twin for pressure swing adsorption systems: Integrating a novel feedback tracking system, online learning and uncertainty assessment for enhanced performance. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
    Academic article
  • Moreira, Lorena Claudia de Souza; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Sánchez, Antonio Santos; Ribeiro, Lucília S.; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Digital Transformation in the Chemical Industry: The Potential of Augmented Reality and Digital Twin. Applied Sciences
    Academic literature review
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Sánchez, Antonio Santos; Vides, Fredy; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Assuring optimality in surrogate-based optimization: A novel theorem and its practical implementation in pressure swing adsorption optimization. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Fontana, Marcio; Schnitman, Leizer; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Interpretable Scientific Machine Learning Approach for Correcting Phenomenological Models: Methodology Validation on an ESP Prototype. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Skogestad, Sigurd; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) NC-SIMC: Neuro-Controller Simple Internal Model Control. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Machine learning multi-step-ahead modelling with uncertainty assessment. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • Souza Lima, Patrick; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Mendes, Teófilo Paiva Guimarães; Schnitman, Leizer; Skogestad, Sigurd; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2024) Simple control structure for stabilizing Core Annular Flow operation in heavy oil transportation. Computers and Chemical Engineering
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Reges, Galdir; Silva, Tiago de Oliveira; Abreu, Odilon Santana Luiz de; Ribeiro, Marcos Pellegrini; Foresti, Bernardo Pereira; Fontana, Marcio; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) An uncertainty approach for Electric Submersible Pump modeling through Deep Neural Network. Heliyon
    Academic article

2023

  • Queiroz, Luana P.; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Santana, Vinícius V.; Rodrigues, Bruno C. L.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.; Ribeiro, Ana M.; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Transfer Learning Approach to Develop Natural Molecules with Specific Flavor Requirements. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
    Academic article
  • Lima, Fernando; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Santana, Vinicius; Moares, Marcellus; Barreto, Amaro; Secchi, Argimiro R.; Souza, Mauricio; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Improved modeling of crystallization processes by Universal Differential Equations. Chemical engineering research & design
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Physics-informed neural network uncertainty assessment through Bayesian inference. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • Santana, Vinicius V.; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda; Rackauckas, Christopher; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Efficient hybrid modeling and sorption model discovery for non-linear advection-diffusion-sorption systems: A systematic scientific machine learning approach. Chemical Engineering Science (CES)
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Arrais Romero Dias Lima, Fernando; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Leblebici, Mumin Enis; Secchi, Argimiro Resende; Souza, Maurício B. de; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) Symbolic Regression-Based Robust Control of Batch Crystallization: Design and PLC Implementation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) Offset-free Lyapunov-based stabilising robust nonlinear control using data-driven model: A nonlinear multi-model computationally efficient approach. Control Engineering Practice
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) RTO and advanced process control for electric submersible pumps using surrogate models. Journal of Process Control
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Skogestad, Sigurd; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) MAASC — Multi-Agentic Architecture Specialised for Control. Journal of Process Control
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Caprio, Ulderico Di; Steen-Hansen, Jenny; Rodrigues, Bruno; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Santos, Anderson Rapello dos; Esposito, Flora; Leblebici, Mumin Enis; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2026) ExPUFFIN: Thermodynamic consistent viscosity prediction in an Extended Path-Unifying Feed-Forward Interfaced Network. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Abreu, Odilon Santana Luiz de; Reges, Galdir; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Fontana, Marcio; Ribeiro, Marcos Pellegrini; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.; Schnitman, Leizer. (2025) Standard MPC and Inputs-Target MPC implementation comparison in ESP systems. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Abreu, Odilon Santana Luiz De; Reges, Galdir; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Mendes, Tefilo Paiva Guimares; Fontana, Marcio; Bacellar, Francisco Raphael Ribeiro; Ribeiro, Marcos Pellegrini; Foresti, Bernardo Pereira. (2025) Application of Recurrent Neural Networks for Predictive Modeling of Electrical Submersible Pumps in Oil Extraction. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Schnitman, Leizer; Loureiro, José Miguel; Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Adaptive digital twin for pressure swing adsorption systems: Integrating a novel feedback tracking system, online learning and uncertainty assessment for enhanced performance. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
    Academic article
  • Moreira, Lorena Claudia de Souza; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Sánchez, Antonio Santos; Ribeiro, Lucília S.; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Digital Transformation in the Chemical Industry: The Potential of Augmented Reality and Digital Twin. Applied Sciences
    Academic literature review
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Sánchez, Antonio Santos; Vides, Fredy; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Assuring optimality in surrogate-based optimization: A novel theorem and its practical implementation in pressure swing adsorption optimization. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
    Academic article
  • Queiroz, Luana P.; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Santana, Vinícius V.; Rodrigues, Bruno C. L.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.; Ribeiro, Ana M.; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Transfer Learning Approach to Develop Natural Molecules with Specific Flavor Requirements. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
    Academic article
  • de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Fontana, Marcio; Schnitman, Leizer; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Interpretable Scientific Machine Learning Approach for Correcting Phenomenological Models: Methodology Validation on an ESP Prototype. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
    Academic article
  • Lima, Fernando; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Santana, Vinicius; Moares, Marcellus; Barreto, Amaro; Secchi, Argimiro R.; Souza, Mauricio; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Improved modeling of crystallization processes by Universal Differential Equations. Chemical engineering research & design
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Physics-informed neural network uncertainty assessment through Bayesian inference. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Skogestad, Sigurd; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) NC-SIMC: Neuro-Controller Simple Internal Model Control. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; de Menezes Rebello, Carine; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) Machine learning multi-step-ahead modelling with uncertainty assessment. IFAC-PapersOnLine
    Academic article
  • Souza Lima, Patrick; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Mendes, Teófilo Paiva Guimarães; Schnitman, Leizer; Skogestad, Sigurd; Bessa Dos Reis Nogueira, Idelfonso. (2024) Simple control structure for stabilizing Core Annular Flow operation in heavy oil transportation. Computers and Chemical Engineering
    Academic article
  • Santana, Vinicius V.; Almeida Costa, Erbet; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda; Rackauckas, Christopher; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2023) Efficient hybrid modeling and sorption model discovery for non-linear advection-diffusion-sorption systems: A systematic scientific machine learning approach. Chemical Engineering Science (CES)
    Academic article
  • Almeida Costa, Erbet; Rebello, Carine Menezes; Viena Santana, Vinicius; Reges, Galdir; Silva, Tiago de Oliveira; Abreu, Odilon Santana Luiz de; Ribeiro, Marcos Pellegrini; Foresti, Bernardo Pereira; Fontana, Marcio; Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R.. (2024) An uncertainty approach for Electric Submersible Pump modeling through Deep Neural Network. Heliyon
    Academic article

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