无线网络环境下数据驱动混合选别浓密过程双率控制方法

无线网络环境下赤铁矿混合选别浓密过程控制问题是以底流矿浆泵频率为内环输入,以底流矿浆流量为内环输出外环输入,以底流矿浆浓度为外环输出的非线性串级工业过程控制问题.其外环反馈回路存在丢包,且模型参数难以辨识,故本文利用工业运行过程的在线数据,设计不依赖模型参数的跟踪控制器.首先,利用浓密过程运行在工作点附近的特点进行线性化,对流量过程设计Q-学习控制器,保证流量过程能够跟踪给定的流量设定值;然后采用提升技术,得到统一时间尺度的以底流矿浆流量设定值为输入,以底流矿浆浓度为输出的被控对象;最后,考虑到在无线网络环境下浓度过程存在反馈丢包,当前的状态可能无法获得,故采用史密斯预估器的思想,利用历史的数据估计系统当前的状态,设计丢包Q-学习设定值控制器为流量过程提供最优设定值.通过仿真实验验证所提算法的有效性.     

Modeling and speed control design of an ethanol engine for variable speed gensets

This paper presents the development of a discrete dynamic mean value engine model (MVEM) suitable for the design of speed controllers of ethanol fueled internal combustion engines (ICE), to be used in variable speed gensets. Two MVEMs are developed for the ICE: the Time Based model and the Crank Based model. The speed controller design is held through the discretization and linearization of the Crank Based MVEM. This model is used due to the advantages over the time based MVEM especially with respect to the transport delay which becomes constant. Two approaches for the ICE speed control are investigated: (i) a single loop gain-scheduled proportional integral (PI) controller and (ii) a dual loop control based on an internal gain-scheduled Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) feedback loop and an outer loop composed of a gain-scheduled PI controller. The control design is developed in the frequency domain and its stability is ensured by the phase and gain margins. In addition, an integral anti-windup and a feed forward action are also proposed to improve the behavior during control law saturation, improve transient responses and disturbance rejection capability. Experimental results on a 50 kW generator set are provided to validate the controllers and to demonstrate the performance of the system.     

一阶参数不确定滞后过程的鲁棒PID控制器设计

提出一种针对一阶参数不确定滞后过程的鲁棒PI／PID控制器优化设计方法。首先基于D-分割法技术,给出确定一阶参数不确定滞后过程的整个PI／PID控制器的可行鲁棒稳定域算法;在定义一个与控制器给定点跟踪性能、鲁棒性能和抗扰动性能相关的目标函数的基础上,给出PI／PID控制器设计的约束优化问题;最后应用一种启发式粒子群优化（PSO）算法对该约束问题进行求解。仿真结果表明,所提出的方法可得到更小的调节时间、更小的超调、较强鲁棒性和更好的抗扰动性能,表明了所提出的方法的有效性。     

Optimal control of non-minimum phase integrating processes with time delay using disturbance observer-based control scheme

A systematical design method of optimal control for non-minimum phase integrating processes with time delay using disturbance observer-based (DOB) control scheme is presented. All stabilising controllers and the filter of DOBs for integrating plants are developed. Then the optimal set-point tracking controller and the optimal filter of DOB are systematically derived by minimising the H₂ norm performance specifications. The proposed design method has three main advantages. First, the design procedure is systematical and simple. Specified weight functions are chosen for step inputs and inputs similar to steps. The designed set-point tracking controller and the filter of DOB are given in analytical forms. Second, the designed set-point tracking controller and the filter of the DOB are optimal. They are derived from minimising the performance indexes of set-point tracking and input load disturbance rejection (ILDR). Finally, the set-point tracking performance specification and ILDR specification can be quantitatively achieved by conveniently tuning the adjustable parameters. Numerical simulations are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Closed-loop analysis and control of a non-inverting buck–boost converter

In this article, a cascade controller is designed and analysed for a non-inverting buck–boost converter. The fast inner current loop uses sliding mode control. The slow outer voltage loop uses the proportional–integral (PI) control. Stability analysis and selection of PI gains are based on the nonlinear closed-loop error dynamics incorporating both the inner and outer loop controllers. The closed-loop system is proven to have a nonminimum phase structure. The voltage transient due to step changes of input voltage or resistance is predictable. The operating range of the reference voltage is discussed. The controller is validated by a simulation circuit. The simulation results show that the reference output voltage is well-tracked under system uncertainties or disturbances, confirming the validity of the proposed controller.     

Optimal signal tracking algorithm for GNSS signal using moving set-point LQG system

This paper proposes moving set-point state feedback for a LQG control system. In contrast to the independent code and carrier tracking loop of a conventional receiver algorithm, the code and carrier tracking variables are correlated in the LQG system. Not only are the multiple states correlated with each other, but also the control inputs are formulated from a combination of the states and the optimal LQG controller gain. In addition, this paper develops a moving set point to estimate the GNSS signal more accurately. To analyze the advantage of the proposed method, a signal tracking simulation using hardware GNSS simulator is performed and the simulation results show that the tracking performance of the moving set-point LQG system is better than that of a conventional loop filter, especially in terms of the code tracking performance.     

Robust tuning of Two-Degree-of-Freedom (2-DoF) PI/PID based cascade control systems

A design approach for Two-Degree-of-Freedom (2-DoF) PID controllers within a cascade control configuration that guarantees robust and smooth control is presented in this paper. The use of a cascade control configuration comes into place when the use of an additional (intermediate) sensor provides the possibility for a compensation of a load-disturbance before it affects the output variable. The rationale of operation associated to both the inner and outer controllers determines the need of good performance for disturbance attenuation (regulation) as well as set-point following (tracking). Therefore, the use of 2-DoF controllers is introduced. However, the use of 2-DoF controllers, introduces additional parameters that need to be tuned appropriately. Specially for the case of PI/PID controllers there are not known clear auto-tuning guidelines for such situation. The approach undertaken in this paper provides the complete set of tuning parameters for the inner (2-DoF PI) controller and the outer (2-DoF PID) controller. The trade-off among control system performance (measured in terms of closed-loop response speed) and robustness allows to derive a recommendation for the design-parameter lower limit. The design equations are formulated in such a way that a non-oscillatory response is specified for both the inner and outer loop. A side advantage of providing the complete set of parameters is that it avoids the need for the usual identification experiment for the tuning of the outer controller.     

一种新的自校正前馈控制器*

本文提出了一种新的单输入单输出自校正前馈控制器。该控制器采用了对系统输入、输出、参考输入以及可测干扰和偏差加权的二次性能指标。该控制器不仅不加积分作用可以消除可测干扰的影响,消除稳态跟踪误差和偏差,而且即使用于非最小相位系统也具有全局收敛特性。     

A Novel Method Of Controller Design For Simultaneous Stabilization And Performance Improvement Of An Electromagnetic Levitation System

This paper describes design and implementation of a control philosophy for simultaneous stabilization and performance improvement of an electromagnetic levitation system. An electromagnetic levitation system is an inherently unstable and strongly nonlinear system. To determine the overall closed loop stability for such a system, cascade lead‐lag compensation has mostly been reported [1,2]. However, a single lead controller can not satisfy both stability and performance for such unstable systems [3]. Performance enhancement to satisfy the conflicting requirements of fast response with almost zero overshoot and zero steady state error has been successfully achieved by using a two loop controller configuration. The lead controller in the inner loop is designed to ensure stability while the outer loop PI controller is designed for performance enhancement. This approach decouples the twin requirements of stabilization (by the inner loop) and performance achievement (by the outer PI loop). The outermost PI controller has been designed using the ‘Approximate Model Matching’ technique [4]. The proposed control strategy has been implemented and the experimentation has been demonstrated successfully. Different experimental results have been included for verification.     

A mixed PI/VI design method for nonlinear H∞ Control

This paper proposes a new mixed policy iteration and value iteration (PI/VI) design method for nonlinear H_∞ control based on the theories of polynomial optimization and Lasserre's hierarchy. The design of a mixed PI/VI controller can be carried out in four steps: firstly, initialize design parameters and expand nonlinear system matrices; secondly, obtain a polynomial matrix inequality for policy improvement; thirdly, obtain the Lasserre's hierarchy of a global polynomial optimization problem for value improvement; fourthly, perform the mixed PI/VI algorithm to approximate the optimal nonlinear H_∞ control law. The novelty of this work lies in that the problem of designing a nonlinear H_∞ controller is translated into a polynomial global optimization problem, which can be solved by Lasserre's hierarchy directly, and then, the mixed PI/VI algorithm is presented to approximate the optimal nonlinear H_∞ control law by updating global optimizers iteratively. The main results of this paper consist of the mixed PI/VI algorithm and the related three theorems, which guarantee robust stability and performance of the closed‐loop nonlinear system. Numerical simulations show that the mixed PI/VI algorithm converges very fast and achieves good robust stability and performance in transient behavior, disturbance rejection, and enlarging the domain of attraction of the close‐loop system.     

Two degree-of-freedom design for a send-on-delta sampling PI control strategy

A complete event-based two-degree-of-freedom PI controller is presented. The architecture of the control system is based on two decoupled PI controllers, one for the set-point following and one for the load disturbance rejection task. The distinctive feature of the proposed approach is that the two controllers have the same parameters and the reference tracking performance is improved by suitably modifying the reference signal applied to the set-point following controller. Examples of the technique are given. In particular, the control strategy has been applied to a distributed solar collector field.     

A novel SOSMC based SVPWM control of Z-source inverter for AC microgrid applications

In this paper, analysis and control of Single stage Z-Source Inverter (ZSI) using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) tuned Proportional Integral (PI) based Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) and Second Order Sliding Mode Control (SOSMC) based SVPWM for harmonic reduction and load voltage regulation are presented. To increase the reliability and to enhance the output voltage of ZSI, the Shoot-Through (ST) state is implemented. To decrease the number of sensors and to simplify the controller design, sixth order model of ZSI is transformed into second order model using Pade's approximation method. To analyse the steady state and transient response of the proposed system, the closed loop implementation is carried out using proposed control techniques. PSO tuned PI controller is utilized for outer voltage control to obtain the Shoot Through Duty Ratio (STDR). Inner current loop utilizes PSO tuned PI controller based SVPWM/SOSMC based SVPWM techniques. MATLAB/SIMULINK software tool is used to simulate the proposed system. From the simulation results, it is inferred that the SOSMC based SVPWM technique offers fast transient response, low % Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and regulated output voltage when compared to PSO tuned PI based SVPWM control scheme. Hence, an experimental prototype model of 2 kW controlled by the SOSMC based SVPWM using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is constructed to validate the simulation results with the experimental results.     

Some investigations on fuzzy P + fuzzy I + fuzzy D controller for non-stationary process

The paper addresses the adaptive behaviour of parallel fuzzy proportional plus fuzzy integral plus fuzzy derivative (FP+FI+FD) controller. The parallel FP+FI+FD controller is actually a non-linear adaptive controller whose gain changes continuously with output of the process under control. Two non-stationary processes, whose characteristics change with time, are considered for simulation study. Simulation is performed using software LabVIEW TM . The set-point tracking response of parallel FP+FI+FD is compared with conventional parallel proportional plus integral plus derivative (PID) controller, tuned with the Ziegler-Nichols (Z-N) tuning technique. Simulation results show that conventional PID controller fails to track the set-point and becomes unstable as the process changes its characteristic with time. But the parallel FP+FI+FD controller shows considerably much better set-point tracking response and does not deviate from steady state. Also, a huge spike is observed in the output of PID controller as the reference set-point and process parameters are changed, while the FP+FI+FD controller gives spike free control signal.     

Explicit stochastic predictive control of combustion plants based on Gaussian process models

Energy production is one of the largest sources of air pollution. A feasible method to reduce the harmful flue gases emissions and to increase the efficiency is to improve the control strategies of the existing thermoelectric power plants. This makes the Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) method very suitable for achieving an efficient combustion control. Recently, an explicit approximate approach for stochastic NMPC based on a Gaussian process model was proposed. The benefits of an explicit solution, in addition to the efficient on-line computations, include also verifiability of the implementation, which is an essential issue in safety-critical applications. This paper considers the application of an explicit approximate approach for stochastic NMPC to the design of an explicit reference tracking NMPC controller for a combustion plant based on its Gaussian process model. The controller brings the air factor (respectively the concentration of oxygen in the flue gases) on its optimal value with every change of the load factor and thus an optimal operation of the combustion plant is achieved.     

基于预测控制的刨花板施胶比值系统研究

在刨花板生产线施胶过程中,刨花施胶精度对刨花板的物理性能和环保性能影响较大。为了提高刨花施胶效果,设计了基于KPFC-PI的比值控制系统,将比值器和PFC作为控制系统外环,用以提高胶液流量按照比值工艺跟踪刨花流量的速度和鲁棒性,系统内环路采用PI控制器,增强系统抗干扰性,并通过调节PI参数,拟合简化整个内环路,作为外环PFC的一阶加纯滞后广义处理对象,用来减少干扰引起的偏差。通过仿真实验,说明了该控制器与PID控制相比,可有效提高刨花板施胶精度、保持施胶量稳定性和具有较强抗干扰性能。     

一种分数阶预测控制器的研究与实现

本论文研究了一种新型预测控制器RTD-A的分数阶实现方法及应用. 与常规控制器比较, RTD-A控制器具有参数意义明确, 易于整定和实施的优点. 论文将RTD-A控制器扩展到分数阶形式, 并与经Z-N法整定的分数阶PI?D1控制器和Wang-Juang-Chan法整定的PID控制器进行了比较. 所提出的分数阶预测控制器在设定值跟踪, 克服负荷扰动, 鲁棒性等方面都有较理想的控制性能. 仿真结果验证了这种分数阶预测控制器的有效性.     

Reduction of phase error between sinusoidal motions and vibration of a tube scanner during spiral scanning using an AFM

The design of a phase-locked loop (PLL)-based proportional integral (PI) controller for compensating the phase error between motions from the lateral axes of a piezoelectric tube scanner (PTS) during spiral scanning for an atomic force microscope (AFM) is proposed in this paper. Spiral motion of the PTS for scanning of material surfaces or biological samples using an AFM is achieved by applying two sinusoidal signals with a 90 degree phase-shift and of varying amplitudes to the X and Y-axes of the scanner. The phase error between the X and Y-axes positions and scanner’s vibration due to its mechanical properties increase with increasing scanning speeds which reduce the imaging performance of the AFM at high frequencies. In the proposed control scheme, a vibration compensator is used with the X and Y-PTS to damp the vibration of the PTS at its resonant frequency and the phase error between the displacements of the two lateral axes of the scanner is measured by a phase detector and a PI controller is used to reduce the error. Comparisons of experimental results for reference tracking and imaging performance with the AFM PI controller demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed control method.     

Ant colony based feedback controller design for soft-starter fed induction motor drive

The objective of this work is to design and implement a closed loop system for induction motor starting at rated current. Thyristorized AC voltage regulator is used as the starting equipment and motor current regulation is carried out using an optimally tuned Proportional-Integral (PI) controller. Since, AC voltage controller fed starting of induction motor is a non-linear process, identification of optimal values of PI controller constants is performed using a novel ant colony based optimization technique. The complete drive system including AC voltage controller fed induction motor in conjunction with optimal PI controller is first simulated in MATLAB and subsequently verified experimentally. The successful implementation with a low cost microcontroller illustrates the feasibility of the new approach.     

采用逐维定位的多模型自适应解耦控制器

针对多变量系统中多个参数同时变化导致模型数目巨大,计算时间长等问题,提出了采用逐维定位的多模型自适应解耦控制器．该方法将多维空间的并行寻优问题转化为多个一维空间的串行寻优问题,每一次固定其他参数、只针对一个参数寻找最优模型,可大大减少系统模型集的数量．该控制器基于性能指标搜索最优模型,通过加权多项式矩阵的选择,不但消除了稳态误差,任意配置闭环系统的极点,而且实现了动态解耦控制．最后给出全局收敛性分析．仿真结果表明当采用相同的固定模型覆盖每个参数的变化区间时,其模型集的数目远远小于常规多模型控制器．而当采用相同数目的模型时,其控制效果明显优于常规多模型控制器．     

A comparison study of different control strategies for grid‐connected three phase two‐level power converters

This paper presents a comparison study of different control schemes for grid‐connected three phase two‐level power converters. All control strategies adopt the double‐loop control structure which consists of voltage regulation loop and instantaneous power tracking loop. In the external loop, voltage regulation loop, PI, fuzzy PI, adaptive controllers and PI controller plus extended state observer (ESO) are utilized to regulate the output voltage. The merits, drawbacks and design procedures of four methods are compared, investigated and analyzed. The second order sliding mode (SOSM) controllers are applied into the internal loop, instantaneous power tracking loop, to drive the active power and reactive power tracking their set points. The performance differences of these control strategies are compared through the real simulation.