Designing fault detection observers for linear systems with mismatched unknown inputs

Algebraic unknown input observers (UIOs) that have been previously reported in the literature can be constructed under the assumption that linear systems with unknown inputs satisfy the so-called observer matching condition. This condition restricts practical applications of UIOs for fault detection and isolation (FDI). We present an algebraic design for fault detection observers (FDOs) for the case in which the observer matching condition is not satisfied. To loosen the restriction imposed by the observer matching condition, the UIO design method combined with the unknown input modeling technique is proposed to design an FDO that decouples the effect of mismatched unknown inputs. To do this, first, unknown inputs that denote the faults of no interest and process disturbances are decomposed into algebraically rejectable unknown inputs and modeled unknown inputs such that the observer matching condition is satisfied. Under the assumption that mismatched unknown inputs are deterministic and can be expressed as the responses of fictitious autonomous dynamical systems, an augmented system is obtained by combining the original system model with the unknown input model. Finally, through the design technique of a UIO for the augmented system, a reduced-order FDO is constructed to estimate an augmented state vector that consists of both the original state variables and the augmentative state variables. The estimated state is then used to generate the residual, which should be designed to be insensitive to unknown inputs while being sensitive to the faults of interest. Two numerical examples are provided to show the usefulness and the feasibility of the presented approach.     

匹配条件不满足时线性系统未知输入观测器设计

针对一类不满足观测器匹配条件的线性系统,讨论了未知输入观测器设计方法.首先,为了突破观测器匹配条件的限制,提出了一种与未知输入相对阶无关的辅助输出构造方法.然后,把未知输入看作系统状态的一部分,将原系统转化为一个不含未知输入的增维线性描述系统.针对这样的系统转化,对一系列等价前提条件进行了详细的讨论.之后,针对该增维线性描述系统,构造Luenberger观测器来估计原系统的状态和未知输入.同时,借助于高阶滑模微分器,来估计辅助输出中的未知信号.最后,对一个单连杆柔性机械手模型进行了数值仿真,仿真结果表明了方法的有效性.     

非方广义系统的未知输入有限时间观测器设计

研究了含未知输入的非方广义系统的有限时间输入解耦观测器设计问题,在一定条件下基于非方广义系统的结构特征,引入一个输入-状态对的非奇异转换,把含未知输入的非方广义系统等价地转化为输入已知的正常状态空间系统．用传统的设计正常状态空间系统观测器的方法去构造含未知输入的非方广义系统的未知输入观测器,并给出了观测器存在的充分条件,由此得出了有限时间观测器的设计步骤．     

离散切换系统观测器存在性讨论及降维观测器设计

对具有未知输入的离散切换系统讨论了未知输入观测器（Unknown input observer,UIO）设计方法.首先,对一般离散系统的未知输入观测器匹配条件的Lyapunov-type表示,进行了等价性论证;然后,基于不具有未知输入的离散切换系统的稳定性理论,对具有未知输入的离散切换系统提出了一种切换降维观测器设计方法.通过矩阵分块确定出的观测器增益矩阵,使得降维观测器能直接消去未知输入的影响;然后,在此基础上提出了一种未知输入代数重构方法;最后,通过仿真验证了方法的有效性和正确性.     

LMI approach to robust unknown input observer design for continuous systems with noise and uncertainties

The full order robust unknown input observers for continuous systems are presented. The observers are designed for both linear and nonlinear systems considering both noise and uncertainties. First, an unknown input observer is designed for linear systems. The observer is derived based on linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. Then the observer design problem is extended for a class of nonlinear systems whose nonlinear function satisfies the Lipschitz condition. The main advantage of these observers over the existing works on UIO design is that these can handle both noise and uncertainties simultaneously. The performance of the observers is demonstrated by applying it to the robust state estimation of single link robot arm.     

UIO design for singular delayed LPV systems with application to actuator fault detection and isolation

In this paper, the unknown input observer (UIO) design for singular delayed linear parameter varying (LPV) systems is considered regarding its application to actuator fault detection and isolation. The design procedure assumes that the LPV system is represented in the polytopic framework. Existence and convergence conditions for the UIO are established. The design procedure is formulated by means of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Actuator fault detection and isolation is based on using the UIO approach for designing a residual generator that is completely decoupled from unknown inputs and exclusively sensitive to faults. Fault isolation is addressed considering two different strategies: dedicated and generalised bank of observers’ schemes. The applicability of these two schemes for the fault isolation is discussed. An open flow canal system is considered as a case study to illustrate the performance and usefulness of the proposed fault detection and isolation method in different fault scenarios.     

Unknown input observer design and analysis for networked control systems

The insertion of communication networks in the feedback loops of control systems is a defining feature of modern control systems. These systems are often subject to unknown inputs in a form of disturbances, perturbations, or attacks. The objective of this paper is to design and analyse an observer for networked dynamical systems with unknown inputs. The network effect can be viewed as either a perturbation or time-delay to the exchanged signals. In this paper, we (1) review an unknown input observer (UIO) design for a non-networked system, (2) derive the networked unknown input observer (N_etUIO) dynamics, (3) design a N_etUIO such that the effect of higher delay order terms are nullified and (4) establish stability-guaranteeing bounds on the networked-induced time-delay and perturbation. The formulation and results derived in this paper can be generalised to scenarios and applications where the signals are perturbed due to a different source of perturbation or delay.     

多速率数据采样系统故障检测滤波器设计

This paper focuses on the fast rate fault detection filter (FDF) problem for a class of multirate sampled-data (MSD) systems. A lifting technique is used to convert such an MSD system into a linear time-invariant discrete-time one and an unknown input observer (UIO) is considered as FDF to generate residual. The design of FDF is formulated as an H∞ optimization problem and a solvable condition as well as an optimal solution are derived. The causality of the residual generator can be guaranteed so that the fast rate residual can be implemented via inverse lifting. A numerical example is included to demonstrate the feasibility of the obtained results.     

Generalized set‐theoretic unknown input observer for LPV systems with application to state estimation and robust fault detection

This paper proposes to design an unknown input observer (UIO) for the linear‐parameter‐varying (LPV) system on the basis of the set theory, which is named as the set‐theoretic UIO (SUIO). The advantage of the SUIO consists in that it combines active and passive approaches to obtain robustness in state estimation (SE) and fault detection (FD). The active approach is based on the use of UIO to decouple unknown inputs, while the passive approach is based on the set theory to bound uncertain factors that cannot be actively decoupled. As a result, the effect of both unknown inputs (process disturbances, modeling errors, etc.) and measurement noises can be appropriately handled in the residual signals compared with the standard UIO‐based SE and FD approaches. The design of SUIO can overcome the limitations of the traditional UIO design conditions, which can significantly broaden the application of the UIO‐based SE and FD theory. Moreover, this paper proposes a generalized framework that can provide more flexibility in the design of SUIO guaranteeing their stability by means of a group of matrix inequalities. Because the LPV system uses a collection of online obtainable scheduling variables to embed nonlinearities, the design of SUIO for the LPV system can be used to address the SE and FD problems of nonlinear systems. At the end of this paper, two case studies are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Improved LMI Conditions for Unknown Input Observer Design of Discrete-time LPV Systems

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems - This paper presents a novel unknown input observer (UIO) design for discrete-time linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems. One feature of...     

On the application of the {1}-inverse to the design of general structured unknown input observers

This paper presents a concise and straightforward formulation of the unknown input observer (UIO) problem based on the general structured observer. By employing the simplest generalized inverse of matrices, the {1}-inverse, we develop constructive design procedures for the UIO design that provide necessary and sufficient conditions for both full-order and reduced-order general structured UIOs. Moreover, corresponding configurations for continuous-time systems are also derived, and consequently this paper renders the complete solutions for general structured UIO design. Furthermore, we show that the general structured UIO is structurally and numerically equivalent to the UIO in the configuration of Luenberger observer. Examples are included to illustrate the validity of the proposed methodology.     

A novel approach to the design of unknown input observers

A novel state estimator design scheme for linear dynamical systems driven by partially unknown inputs is presented. It is assumed that there is no information available about the unknown inputs, and thus no prior assumption is made about the nature of these inputs. A simple approach for designing a reduced-order unknown input observer (UIO) with pole-placement capability is proposed. By carefully examining the dynamic system involved and simple algebraic manipulations, it is possible to rewrite equations eliminating the unknown inputs from part of the system and to put them into a form where it could be partitioned into two interconnected subsystems, one of which is directly driven by known inputs only. This makes it possible to use a conventional Luenberger observer with a slight modification for the purpose of estimating the state of the system. As a result, it is also possible to state similar necessary and sufficient conditions to those of a conventional observer for the existence of a stable estimator and also arbitrary placement of the eigenvalues of the observer. The design and computational complexities involved in designing UIOs are greatly reduced in the proposed approach     

一种基于最优未知输入观测器的故障诊断方法

针对含有未知输入干扰和噪音的不确定动态系统,使用全阶未知输入观测器(Unknown input observer, UIO)来消除干扰项,实现状态估计, 结合Kalman滤波器算法来求解状态反馈矩阵,以使得输出残差信号的协方差最小,从而增强系统对噪声的鲁棒性,实现了 一种基于最优未知输入观测器的残差产生器.采用极大似然比(Generalized likelihood ratio, GLR)的方法对残差信号进行评估,通过设定的阈值来提高诊断率. 最后以风力发电机组传动系统出现加性传感器故障和乘性传感器故障为例, 进行了残差信号的仿真,仿真结果说明了该方法的有效性.     

Robust Unknown Input Observer Design for Linear Uncertain Time Delay Systems with Application to Fault Detection

In this paper, a novel approach is proposed to design a robust fault detection observer for uncertain linear time delay systems. The system is composed of both norm‐bounded uncertainties and exogenous signals (noise, disturbance, and fault) which are considered to be unknown. The main contribution of this paper is to present unknown input observer (UIO)‐based fault detection system which shows the maximum sensitivity to fault signals and the minimum sensitivity to other signals. Since the system contains uncertainty terms, an H_∞ model‐matching approach is used in design procedure. The reference residual signal generator system is designed so that the fault signal has maximum sensitivity while the exogenous signals have minimum sensitivity on the residual signal. Then, the fault detection system is designed by minimizing the estimation error between the reference residual signal and the UIO residual signal in the sense of H_∞ norm. A sufficient condition for the existence of such a filter is exploited in terms of certain linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Application of the proposed method in a numerical example and an engineering process are simulated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Simulation results show the validity of the proposed approach to detect the occurrence of faults in the presence of modeling errors, disturbances, and noise.     

广义系统区间观测器设计

对于不确定或者未知输入系统, 常规鲁棒观测器设计对系统和干扰有较多限制条件. 区间观测器对系统具有宽松的前提条件, 且对干扰只要求有界, 因而区间观测器更具有广泛性. 针对离散和连续的广义未知输入系统, 研究区间观测器的设计问题, 通过对离散系统和连续系统进行不同的变换, 将系统转化为易于求取区间观测器系数矩阵的形式; 然后基于相同的参数求取方式, 给出广义系统区间观测器的设计方法. 仿真结果表明了所提出方法的有效性和正确性.

     

A new design approach to unknown input observers

This paper proposes a fundamentally new unknown input observer (UIO) which has, uniquely, r decoupled modes, provides r linearly independent combinations of plant system states, and has zero gain to all p, unknown inputs. The parameter r is adjustable. If the plant system satisfies the conditions of the existing UIO, then r=n=plant system order, and there is no difference between our UIO and the existing regular UIO. However, if the plant system satisfies either of the following two significantly more general conditions: m>p (m is the number of plant output measurements) and at least one stable transmission zero, then 1相似文献   

State estimation and unknown input reconstruction via both reduced-order and high-order sliding mode observers

This paper considers the problems of the simultaneous estimation of the system states and the unknown inputs for linear systems when the so-called observer matching condition is not satisfied. An auxiliary output vector is introduced so that the observer matching condition is satisfied with respect to it. A high-order sliding mode observer is considered to get the exact estimates of both the auxiliary outputs and their derivatives in a finite time based on the system measured outputs. After this, a reduced-order observer is constructed by using the estimated auxiliary outputs as the new system outputs. The reduced-order observer is able to asymptotically estimate the system states without suffering the influence of the unknown inputs. A kind of unknown input reconstruction method based on both the state and the auxiliary output derivative estimates is developed. Finally, a numerical simulation example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.     

基于有限时间观测器的离散系统混沌同步

本文基于驱动–响应模型针对一类离散时间混沌系统提出了一种基于有限时间观测器的同步方法. 首先, 将混沌系统写成具有未知输入的线性系统形式. 随后, 给出了观测器匹配条件和强可观条件. 在观测器匹配条件的 假设下, 通过适当的状态变换, 给出了具有降维形式的有限时间观测器设计框架使得该观测器不再受到未知输入的 影响. 然后, 证明了强可观条件结合观测器匹配条件可以保证一个有限时间观测器的存在, 该观测器可以使得响应 系统达到对驱动系统的精确同步, 且达到同步所需要的时间可以任意设定, 不受观测器系统矩阵极点配置和初值条 件的影响. 最后, 给出了两个混沌系统的例子验证了所提方法的有效性.