A multiregion fuzzy logic controller for nonlinear process control

Although a fuzzy logic controller is generally nonlinear, a PI-type fuzzy controller that uses only control error and change in control error is not able to detect the process nonlinearity and make a control move accordingly. In this paper, a multiregion fuzzy logic controller is proposed for nonlinear process control. Based on prior knowledge, the process to be controlled is divided into fuzzy regions such as high-gain, low-gain, large-time-constant, and small-time-constant. Then a fuzzy controller is designed based on the regional information. Using an auxiliary process variable to detect the process operating regions, the resulting multiregion fuzzy logic controller can give satisfactory performance in all regions. Rule combination and controller tuning are discussed. Application of the controller to pH control is demonstrated     

Interval type-2 fuzzy inverse controller design in nonlinear IMC structure

In the recent years it has been demonstrated that type-2 fuzzy logic systems are more effective in modeling and control of complex nonlinear systems compared to type-1 fuzzy logic systems. An inverse controller based on type-2 fuzzy model can be proposed since inverse model controllers provide an efficient way to control nonlinear processes. Even though various fuzzy inversion methods have been devised for type-1 fuzzy logic systems up to now, there does not exist any method for type-2 fuzzy logic systems. In this study, a systematic method has been proposed to form the inverse of the interval type-2 Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model based on a pure analytical method. The calculation of inverse model is done based on simple manipulations of the antecedent and consequence parts of the fuzzy model. Moreover, the type-2 fuzzy model and its inverse as the primary controller are embedded into a nonlinear internal model control structure to provide an effective and robust control performance. Finally, the proposed control scheme has been implemented on an experimental pH neutralization process where the beneficial sides are shown clearly.     

基于T-S模糊模型的非线性预测控制策略

提出了一种新的基于T-S模糊模型的非线性预测控制策略. T-S模糊模型用于描述对象的非线性动态特性, 通过将模糊模型的输出反馈回来作为模型输入, 从而构成了模糊多步预报器. 由于T-S模糊模型每条规则的结论部分是一个线性模型, 因此整个模糊模型可以看作一个线性时变系统, 从而将模糊预测控制器中的非线性优化问题转化为一个线性二次寻优问题, 以方便求解. pH中和过程的仿真结果表明其性能优于传统的动态矩阵控制器.     

基于模糊专家模型的神经控制器及应用研究

针对具有严重非线性特性的pH中和过程,提出了一种基于模糊专家模型的神经控制策略,这种方法将神经网络逆控制器与神经元PID控制器相结合,并利用模糊专家模型所得到的预报结果来调整神经元PID的权值。仿真试验表明该方法能有效改善控制性能,所提出的方法实现了对pH过程的有效控制,并且有很强的适应性。     

多变量非线性时滞系统的内模控制

本文将单入单出非线性内模控制的设计方法推广到了含多步时滞的多入多出的非线性系统控制器设计中，对于不含纯滞后的过程，所设计的控制器能够实现所期望的常规性能。其中通过非线性滤波器的加入，能够获得当过程和模型存在失配时的鲁棒性，并使控制器结构得以实现。     

基于变论域模糊增量理论的质子交换膜燃料电池温度控制

质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)内部的电化学反应过程直接表现为温度的变化,所以有效的温度控制是保证燃料电池可靠性和耐久性的关键.本文将模糊增量控制用于PEMFC热管理系统中,将PEMFC的温度和电堆出入口温度差保持在设定值.首先,建立PEMFC热管理系统的动态模型,包括PEMFC电堆模型和辅助散热设备模型.然后,基于建立的系统模型,设计了一种变论域的模糊增量控制器.该控制器通过伸缩因子来动态调节模糊控制器中的量化因子和比例因子,实现对模糊论域的调节,从而提高控制的灵敏性和精确度.最后,将该温度控制方法用于10 kW燃料电池系统中,实验结果表明变论域模糊增量控制器相比于其他模糊控制方法,不仅具有更快的动态响应速度,还具有更强的鲁棒性和更高的控制精度.     

一类非线性系统的模糊变结构控制

研究了一类非线性系统的模糊变结构控制问题，并给出了稳定性证明。通过将非线性系统化为多个精确T—S模型来建立非线性系统精确的T—S模糊模型，将模糊理论与成熟的线性变结构控制理论相结合设计一种模糊变结构控制器，用Lyapunov稳定性理论证明该控制器能确保模糊动态模型全局渐近稳定，从而使非线性系统稳定。仿真结果表明了该设计方法的有效性。     

基于自适应模糊PID控制器的非线性系统仿真

对于缺乏精确模型的过程或参数时变的滞后过程,传统PID控制难以达到良好的控制效果.普通模糊控制能够对一些非线性系统进行控制,并不需被控对象精确的数学模型,但是模糊控制难以消除系统的静态误差.针对复杂的非线性系统,设计了自适应模糊PID控制器.该控制器将模糊控制的动态性能好的优点和PID控制的稳态精度高的优点结合起来,采用模糊控制与PID控制分段控制策略,当偏差大于某一阈值时,采用模糊推理的方法调整系统的控制量,当偏差小于某一阈值时,切换到PID控制以消除系统的静态误差,较好地克服了传统PID控制和普通模糊控制所存在的主要问题.通过仿真实验分析,证明了该控制方法的有效性.     

Feedback PID-like fuzzy controller for pH regulatory control near the equivalence point

In this research the use of a feedback PID-like fuzzy controller scheme for pH control is presented to deal with instability problems near the equivalence point in neutralization processes. State space analysis of the titration curves and a fuzzy clustering algorithm based on calculating a measure of potential derived from the square distance of the pH data are complementary applied to define the membership structure and the fuzzy sets of the controller. To test the performance of the controller, both simulated and experimental runs were used. The fuzzy controller was tested for compensating step-change perturbations of propionic acidic flow rates, propionic acid concentration, and buffering conditions. Stationary cycling behavior has been observed for large loads of acidic flow rates. It was found that though the rejection time was strongly dependent on the mean residence time of the liquid solutions, the proposed controller keep the neutralization process operating close to the specified set point of pH = 7.     

Design of state and output feedback pole placement controller in the presence of slow-rate integrated measurement

Lab measurements in the industrial processes are either through instantaneous measurement at a specific time instance, known as Slow-Rate inStantaneous Measurement (SRSM), or through Slow-Rate inTegrated Measurement (SRTM), in which some amount of material is gradually collected for a period of time; so, the average of the collected material during that period is measured. In this paper, control of a system under SRTM is studied for the first time. Pole placement state feedback with feedforward controller is proposed so that both SRTM and conventional fast-rate output can track their step reference input. This controller comprises a periodically time-varying gain and an observer to estimate the slow-rate instantaneous state variable at the sampling instances. An observability condition is studied, and a modified Kalman filter is established to estimate slow-rate instantaneous state variable using SRTM. In the next step, two modified pole placement output feedback controllers are designed using SRTM. In the first control system, the aim is to track a slow-rate integrated reference input. In the second controller, fast-rate reference input is introduced to the control system. The performance of the proposed methods is evaluated through both simulation study in a pH neutralization process plant and experimental implementation on a laboratory scale Quadruple Tank pilot plant.     

Intelligent process control using neural fuzzy techniques

In this paper, we combine the advantages of fuzzy logic and neural network techniques to develop an intelligent control system for processes having complex, unknown and uncertain dynamics. In the proposed scheme, a neural fuzzy controller (NFC), which is constructed by an equivalent four-layer connectionist network, is adopted as the process feedback controller. With a derived learning algorithm, the NFC is able to learn to control a process adaptively by updating the fuzzy rules and the membership functions. To identify the input–output dynamic behavior of an unknown plant and therefore give a reference signal to the NFC, a shape-tunable neural network with an error back-propagation algorithm is implemented. As a case study, we implemented the proposed algorithm to the direct adaptive control of an open-loop unstable nonlinear CSTR. Some important issues were studied extensively. Simulation comparison with a conventional static fuzzy controller was also performed. Extensive simulation results show that the proposed scheme appears to be a promising approach to the intelligent control of complex and unknown plants, which is directly operational and does not require any a priori system information.     

Application of an iterative identification for control scheme to a neutralization process

In this paper an iterative scheme for identification and control is discussed. During the identification step a plant model which is suitable for the subsequent controller design step is obtained by estimation of the (dual) Youla-parameter from measurements of the input and output of the plant. Using the identified plant model, the frequency response of the ideal controller which perfectly realizes the desired closed-loop response for set-point changes is computed. This controller, in general, may not be realizable or is of high-order. A realizable, low-order controller is then calculated using frequency-weighted approximation. These steps are repeated until the performance of the closed-loop system is satisfactory or cannot be improved further. The proposed scheme is applied successfully to the identification and control of a continuous neutralization reactor.     

A neurofuzzy scheme to on-line identification in an adaptive–predictive control

A neurofuzzy scheme has been designed to carry out on-line identification, with the aim of being used in an adaptive–predictive dynamic matrix control (DMC) of unconstrained nonlinear systems represented by a transfer function with varying parameters. This scheme supplies to the DMC controller the linear model and the nonlinear output predictions at each sample instant, and is composed of two blocks. The first one makes use of a fuzzy partition of the external variable universe of discourse, which smoothly commutes between several linear models. In the second block, a recurrent linear neuron with interpretable weights performs the identification of the models by means of supervised learning. The resulting identifier has several main advantages: interpretability, learning speed, and robustness against catastrophic forgetting. The proposed controller has been tested both on simulation and on a real laboratory plant, showing a good performance.     

一类工业过程运行反馈优化控制方法

为了克服流程工业运行优化中控制回路闭环系统的动态误差对运行优化性能的影响,本文针 对一类工业过程提出了使运行指标实际值与目标值偏差和控制回路输出与设定值跟踪误差的二次性能 指标极小化的运行优化反馈控制方法. 该方法由运行层设定值反馈控制和回路控制层设定值跟踪控制组成,其中设定值反馈控制采用基于LMI的 模型预测控制,回路控制采用衰减率可调的带有积分项的状态反馈调节律. 本文给出了保证运行优化反馈控制闭环系统渐近稳定的充分条件,并开展了浮选过程运行优化反馈控制仿 真实验,实验结果表明所提方法的有效性.     

一种基于T-S模型的模糊预测控制

提出了一种基于T-S模型的模糊预测控制策略。T-S模糊模型用来描述对象的非线性动态特性,通过当前的工况参数实时在线的修正每一时刻的阶跃响应模型参数,将模糊模型作为常规线性预测控制DMC方法的预测模型,从而把T-S模型对复杂的非线性系统的良好描述特性和预测控制的滚动优化算法相结合,来实现利用常规线性预测控制策略对非线性系统的有效控制,有效地解决了复杂工业过程的强非线性问题。pH中和过程的仿真结果表明其性能明显优于传统的PID控制器。     

Robust adaptive fuzzy control scheme for nonlinear system with uncertainty

In this paper, a robust adaptive fuzzy control scheme for a class of nonlinear system with uncertainty is proposed. First, using prior knowledge about the plant we obtain a fuzzy model, which is called the generalized fuzzy hyperbolic model (GFHM). Secondly, for the case that the states of the system are not available an observer is designed and a robust adaptive fuzzy output feedback control scheme is developed. The overall control system guarantees that the tracking error converges to a small neighborhood of origin and that all signals involved are uniformly bounded. The main advantages of the proposed control scheme are that the human knowledge about the plant under control can be used to design the controller and only one parameter in the adaptive mechanism needs to be on-line adjusted.     

Robust adaptive fuzzy control scheme for nonlinear system with uncertainty

In this paper, a robust adaptive fuzzy control scheme for a class of nonlinear system with uncertainty is proposed. First, using prior knowledge about the plant we obtain a fuzzy model, which is called the generalized fuzzy hyperbolic model （GFHM）. Secondly, for the case that the states of the system are not available an observer is designed and a robust adaptive fuzzy output feedback control scheme is developed. The overall control system guarantees that the tracking error converges to a small neighborhood of origin and that all signals involved are uniformly bounded. The main advantages of the proposed control scheme are that the human knowledge about the plant under control can be used to design the controller and only one parameter in the adaptive mechanism needs to be on-line adjusted.     

A design for a class of nonlinear systems with delay time using fuzzy logic

 The goal of this paper is to design a controller for a class of nonlinear systems with delay time using fuzzy logic. The control scheme considered in this paper integrates a fuzzy component and a sliding control component. In the former, the fuzzy system can be considered as a universal approximator to approximate the unknown functions in plant. In the latter, a variable structure control with a sector guarantees the global stability of the closed-loop system when a variable, involving tracking error, travels outside of the sector. The adaptive laws to adjust the parameters in the system are developed based on the Lyapunov synthesis approach. It is shown that the proposed adaptive controller guarantees tracking error, between the outputs of the considered system and desired␣values, to be asymptotical in decay.     

适用于非线性对象的模糊-神经元控制方法

针对具有严重非线性的受控对象，提出了一种模糊-神经元控制方法。该方法将模糊PID控制器与神经元控制器相结合，用于改善控制器控制非线性对象的性能，以误差、误差变化率及设定值的变化来自调整神经元控制器增益，提高了控制系统的响应速度和鲁棒性。将所提出控制方法用于pH中和过程控制，仿真实验结果表明，该方法具有满意的控制品质及很强的适应性。     

A simple design method for interval type-2 fuzzy pid controllers

In this study, a design method for single Input interval type-2 fuzzy PID controller has been developed. The most important feature of the proposed type-2 fuzzy controller is its simple structure consisting of a single input variable. The presented simple structure gives an opportunity to the designer to form the type-2 fuzzy controller output in closed form formulation for the first time in literature. This formulation cannot be achieved with present type-2 fuzzy PID controller structures which have employed the Karnik-Mendel type reduction. The closed form solution is derived in terms of the tuning parameters which are chosen as the heights of lower membership functions of the antecedent interval type-2 fuzzy sets. Elaborations are done on the derived closed form output and a simple strategy is presented for a single input type-2 fuzzy PID controller design. The presented interval type-2 fuzzy controller structure still keeps the most preferred features of the PID controller such as simplicity and easy design. We will illustrate how the extra degrees of freedom provided by the antecedent interval type-2 fuzzy sets can be used to enhance the control performance on linear and nonlinear benchmark systems by simulations. Moreover, the type-2 fuzzy controller structure has been implemented on experimental pH neutralization. The simulation and experimental results will illustrate that the proposed type-2 fuzzy controller produces superior control performance and can handle nonlinear dynamics, parameter uncertainties, noise and disturbances better in comparison with the standard PID controllers. Hence, the results and analyses of this study will give the control engineers an opportunity to draw a bridge and connect the type-2 fuzzy logic and control theory.