An algorithm for non-linear space—Time nuclear reactor control

A novel multivariable control algorithm for non-linear space-time nuclear reactor dynamics is proposed in this paper. The multivariable control algorithm is based on a mathematical model of the nuclear reactor which includes: a single energy group of neutrons, delayed neutron precursors, iodine, xenon and thermal-hydraulic feedback. The multivariable control algorithm is composed of non-linear time-varying feedforward and feedback control signals, a reference model of the nuclear reactor and a dynamic observer. The non-linear proportional plus integral feedback controller forces the nuclear reactor to follow the response of the reference model. The dynamic observer estimates the unmeasurable state variables. The feedforward and feedback control signals are determined in a novel approach by specifying the form of the closed-loop response of the neutron density variables. By virtue of the multivariable control algorithm the closed-loop differential equations are linear and time-varying. A linear stability analysis for base-load and load-cycle operation indicates that the closed-loop system is stable provided that the thermal-hydraulic subsystem is inherently stable. The simulated dynamic response indicates that the multivariable control algorithm provides excellent response characteristics.     

基于观测器的受扰多项式系统H∞输出跟踪控制

考虑一类受到外部扰动影响的多项式系统在状态不完全可测情况下的H_∞输出跟踪控制问题.首先,综合前馈-反馈复合控制思想,设计基于观测器的输出跟踪控制器,其中反馈镇定控制器用于保证闭环系统稳定,前馈补偿控制器用以实现对参考模型输出信号的跟踪;然后,提出具有输出反馈结构的跟踪控制方法,其优势在于实现了分离原则,可单独设计观测器和控制器,降低计算复杂度;接着,利用依赖全状态的齐次多项式Lyapunov函数导出使得闭环系统渐近稳定且满足H_∞跟踪性能的充分条件,借助多项式平方和凸优化技术可直接求得相应的观测器和控制器;最后,通过数值仿真实例验证所提出设计方法的有效性和优越性.     

轧辊偏心的H∞输出反馈鲁棒重复控制

针对轧辊偏心问题,用线性矩阵不等式(LMI)方法设计了用于轧辊偏心补偿控制的H∞输出反馈鲁棒重复控制器,首先引入动态输出反馈来保证闭环系统的鲁棒稳定性,把重复控制器设计问题转化为H∞动态反馈控制器的设计问题,采用变量替换法将非线性矩阵不等式转化为线性矩阵不等式并对其求解进而得到控制器参数.另外在采用上述控制器保证系统鲁棒稳定性的同时,通过在重复控制器中引入一个前向系数进一步改善和提高系统的动态性能与稳态控制精度.理论证明与仿真研究表明当系统对象参数存在摄动时,这种控制器仍能有效地补偿轧辊偏心对产品质量的影响.     

模型跟踪广义预测鲁棒自适应控制器

本文采用滤波CARMA模型,基于内模原理,提出了一种新的广义预测鲁棒自适应控制器,并分析了闭环系统性能,在新的控制器中,引入适当的前馈作用,使得跟踪和调节问题解耦,利用部分状态跟踪、模型参考以及极点配置方法解决跟踪问题,利用多步预测滚动优化方法解决调节问题;适当选择滤波器可以保证对平稳随机扰动有满意的响应,减少可调参数对闭环系统响应的影响,增强系统对未建模动态的鲁棒性,仿真结果表明:该控制器对确定性和非平稳随机扰动具有不变性,对系统时延和阶次变化具有鲁棒性,适用于非最小相位和开环不稳定系统。     

Two-Mode Adaptive Fuzzy Control With Approximation Error Estimator

In this paper, we propose a two-mode adaptive fuzzy controller with approximation error estimator. In the learning mode, the controller employs some modified adaptive laws to tune the fuzzy system parameters and an approximation error estimator to compensate for the inherent approximation error. In the operating mode, the fuzzy system parameters are fixed, only the estimator is updated online. Mathematically, we show that the closed-loop system is stable in the sense that all the variables are bounded in both modes. We also establish mathematical bounds on the tracking error, state vector, control signal and the RMS error. Using these bounds, we show that controller's design parameters can be chosen to achieve desired control performance. After that, an algorithm to automatically switch the controller between two modes is presented. Finally, simulation studies of an inverted pendulum system and a Chua's chaotic circuit demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed controller.     

A new design for a PID plus feedforward controller

In this paper, a new design and tuning procedure for a PID plus feedforward controller is proposed. It consists of determining a feedforward signal in order to achieve a predefined process output transition time assuming a first order plus dead time model of the process. Then, the PID parameters are tuned by any conventional method in order to assure a good load disturbance rejection and the reference signal to the closed-loop system is obtained by filtering appropriately the set-point step signal. Simulation and experimental results show that the method outperforms the typical (inverse) model-based approach despite its simplicity and it is therefore suitable to implement in Distributed Control Systems as well as in single-station controllers.     

小型无人直升机姿态非线性鲁棒控制设计

本文针对小型无人直升机的姿态控制问题,通过系统参数辨识,获得了较为准确的无人直升机姿态动力学模型.并根据无人直升机的动态特性,设计了基于神经网络前馈与滑模控制的非线性鲁棒姿态控制律,该控制律对直升机模型的先验知识要求较低.利用基于Lyapunov的分析方法证明,设计的控制律能够实现对无人直升机姿态角的半全局指数收敛镇定控制,并能确保闭环系统的稳定性.基于姿态飞行控制实验平台的实时飞行控制实验结果表明,提出的控制设计取得了很好的姿态控制效果,并对系统不确定性和外界风扰动具有较好的鲁棒性.     

Closed-loop subspace-based identification algorithm using third-order cumulants

The problem of closed-loop system identification for coloured noise system without any knowledge of feedback controller is considered. We develop a solution to this problem in the framework of subspace identification based on high-order cumulants. The key of the developed algorithm is using the properties that the third-order cumulants are insensitive to any coloured Gaussian noises. By post-multiplying a suitable instrumental variable to the noise terms, the cross third-order cumulants are constructed that become zero when the noises are Gaussian distributed, and meanwhile the column rank of extended observability matrix is maintained. Thus, the standard subspace identification algorithms can be extended to closed-loop system corrupted by arbitrary coloured noises. A numerical simulation is presented to demonstrate the proposed algorithm.     

Trajectory tracking control for robot manipulators using only position measurements

In the paper, the trajectory tracking control problem is investigated for robotic manipulators which are not equipped with the tachometers. Our contribution consists in establishing uniform asymptotic stability in closed-loop system by using the dynamic position-feedback controller with feedforward. Using Lyapunov vector function and comparison principle, we construct the non-linear controller with variable gain matrices and first-order linear dynamic compensator such that the origin of the closed-loop system is uniformly asymptotically stable. The controller is shown to be robust with respect to parameters incertainties. We illustrate the utility of our result by simulation tests with reference to a two-link planar elbow robot manipulator.     

Model predictive control suitable for closed-loop re-identification

The main problem of a closed-loop re-identification procedure is that, in general, the dynamic control and identification objectives are conflicting. In fact, to perform a suitable identification, a persistent excitation of the system is needed, while the control objective is to stabilize the system at a given equilibrium point. However, a generalization of the concept of stability, from punctual stability to (invariant) set stability, allows for a flexibility that can be used to avoid the conflict between these objectives. Taking into account that an invariant target set includes not only a stationary component, but also a transient one, the system could be excited without deteriorating the stability of the closed-loop. In this work, a MPC controller is proposed that ensures the stability of invariant sets at the same time that a signal suitable for closed-loop re-identification is generated. Several simulation results show the propose controller formulation properties.     

Stability and operating constraints of adaptive LMS-based feedback control

The filtered-X LMS algorithm has enjoyed widespread usage in both adaptive feedforward and feedback controller architectures. For feedforward controller designs the filtered-X LMS algorithm has been shown to exhibit unstable divergence for plant estimation errors in excess of ±90°. Typical implementations of this algorithm in adaptive feedback controllers such as filtered-U and filtered-E have previously been assumed to conform to these same identification constraints. Here we present two instability mechanisms that can arise in filtered-E control that violate the 90° error assumption: feedback loop instabilities and LMS algorithm divergence. Analysis of the adaptive feedback system indicates that the conventionally interpreted plant estimation error can be arbitrarily small yet induce algorithm divergence; while other cases may have very large estimation errors and feedback loops cause controller instability. These analytical observations are supported by simulations. The implications of the actual plant estimation error, calculated here for the filtered-E controller, are extended to practical constraints placed on applications including filtered-U, on-line system identification, and self-excited system control.     

基于辅助变量的闭环系统子空间辨识

提出一种基于辅助变量的子空间辨识方法,适用于控制器信息未知以及参考输入已知的闭环系统参数辨识.通过将输入-输出数据块正交投影到辅助变量的行空间,直接得到扩展观测矩阵垂空间的估计.由此可从闭环系统中提取出对象模型信息,同时由SVD分解得到扩展观测矩阵与下三角Toeplitz矩阵的估计.给出了系统参数矩阵、噪声矩阵的计算方法.将所提出的子空间辨识方法应用于闭环动态的系统参数估计,其结果表明了该方法的有效性.     

Indirect closed-loop identification by optimal instrumental variable method

Recently, a new bias-compensating least-squares (BCLS) method was proposed for the identification of a closed-loop system with high-order controller. The major feature of this method is that it can achieve consistent parameter estimation without modelling the coloured noises acting on the system. This paper studies the connection between the BCLS method and the instrumental variable (IV) family. It is shown that the BCLS method is a kind of weighted instrumental variable (WIV) method whose results do not depend upon the order of the controller.     

Projection based MIMO control performance monitoring: II––measured disturbances and setpoint changes

In this paper the performance monitoring method based on subspace projections from Part I [J. Proc. Cont. 13 (2003) 739] is extended to include measured disturbances and setpoint changes. It was shown in [J. Proc. Cont. 13 (2003) 739] that the minimum variance output space is an optimal subspace of the general closed-loop output space and that orthogonal projections of filtered output data onto past closed-loop output data can be used to assess the performance of feedback controllers. This paper demonstrates that the same framework is directly applicable to systems with measured disturbances by augmenting the data matrix with those measured disturbances. Furthermore, it provides a means of separating suboptimal control performance between that arising from unmeasured disturbances and that due to measured disturbances. The effect of setpoint changes on control performance can be calculated as special feedforward variables. The controller is generally time-varying to include the case of model predictive control. A simulation example and an industrial boiler process are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

基于辅助变量的压缩采样匹配追踪闭环系统辨识方法

针对被控对象和反馈通道均具有未知时滞的闭环系统,提出一种基于辅助变量的压缩采样匹配追踪辨识方法.该方法利用辅助变量方法对压缩采样匹配追踪算法进行改进,获得过参数化辨识模型稀疏参数向量的估计,根据稀疏向量的结构得到前向通道的参数估计和时滞估计,进而根据模型等价原理获得反馈通道的参数估计.仿真结果表明,所提出方法仅需少量的迭代即可获得这类闭环系统参数与时滞的有效估计.     

基于神经网络的无人机负载模拟器的复合控制

衡量负载模拟器系统性能的关键指标是多余力矩的抑制。针对无人机负载模拟器系统的非线性及多余力矩强扰动的特点,依据神经网络的非线性逼近和自学习特性,提出了一种基于神经网络和前馈相结合的复合控制器,用来提高系统的性能。复合控制器利用前馈来补偿定常多余力,利用神经网络进行在线辨识、控制来补偿系统的非线性部分,很好地抑制了多余力矩。该文给出了具体的控制结构和算法。仿真结果还表明该方法极大地改善了系统动态加载性能,有很强的鲁棒性。     

Instrumental variable methods for closed-loop system identification

In this paper, several instrumental variable (IV) and instrumental variable-related methods for closed-loop system identification are considered and set in an extended IV framework. Extended IV methods require the appropriate choice of particular design variables, as the number and type of instrumental signals, data prefiltering and the choice of an appropriate norm of the extended IV-criterion. The optimal IV estimator achieves minimum variance, but requires the exact knowledge of the noise model. For the closed-loop situation several IV methods are put in an extended IV framework and characterized by different choices of design variables. Their variance properties are considered and illustrated with a simulation example.     

连续搅拌反应釜的自适应输出反馈控制及参数整定

针对一类连续搅拌反应釜(CSTR),提出了基于扩张状态观测器和反步法的自适应控制方法,并结合连续动作强化学习器(CARLA)进行控制器参数整定.将CSTR视为包含不确定函数的非严格反馈非线性系统,利用扩张状态观测器对系统中的状态变量实时估计,并对不确定函数在线逼近,将系统补偿为线性二阶积分串联系统,为其设计反步法控制器.通过李雅普诺夫稳定性定理对系统稳定性进行分析,证明了闭环系统中所有信号均有界.最后,针对大量控制器参数难以人工整定的问题,设计CARLA算法快速搜索控制器参数最优值,提升了控制品质.仿真实验进一步验证了该方法的有效性.     

Optimal dead-time compensator design for stable and integrating processes with time delay

Recently, a modified Smith predictor with a prefilter has been proposed for first-order stable and integrating processes with time delay. The paper is a further investigation on the empirical method. In this paper, an optimal design procedure is developed for the scheme. With respect to the proposed controller and corresponding processes with time delay, the closed-loop time domain responses are estimated quantitatively. The robustness of the closed-loop system is analyzed. Finally, a simple tuning rule is proposed, which allows to tune the controller for desired time domain properties such as overshoot and rise time, or frequency domain criteria such as stability margin and bandwidth.     

基于扰动和摩擦补偿的柔性机械臂系统非奇异快速终端滑模控制

本文针对系统中存在的关节摩擦、动力学参数不确定性和外部负载干扰等因素引起的柔性机械臂系统控制性能下降的问题,提出了一种基于扰动和摩擦补偿的非奇异快速终端滑模控制方法(NFTSMC-DE-FC).首先,设计扰动估计器(DE)对系统未知动态参数和负载干扰进行估计.然后,针对扰动估计器不能精确估计的关节摩擦力矩进行辨识.最后,利用滑模控制技术设计非奇异快速终端滑模控制器,并将扰动估计值和摩擦力辨识值以前馈的方式进行补偿,实现对柔性机械臂系统给定参考轨迹跟踪的准确性以及对外界扰动的鲁棒性.值得注意的是,与传统只使用扰动估计器的方法相比,本文考虑到了摩擦力等非线性因素的影响,并利用辨识技术对摩擦力进行辨识,提高了控制精度.利用Lyapunov稳定性定理从理论上证明了所设计的控制器可以保证闭环系统的稳定性.实验结果表明,相较于非奇异快速终端滑模控制方法(NFTSMC)和基于扰动估计器的非奇异快速终端滑模控制方法(NFTSMC-DE),所提方法提高了柔性机械臂系统的轨迹跟踪性能.