Design of Second Order Sliding Mode and Sliding Mode Algorithms:A Practical Insight to DC-DC Buck Converter

This paper presents a simple and systematic approach to design second order sliding mode controller for buck converters.The second order sliding mode control(SOSMC)based on twisting algorithm has been implemented to control buck switch mode converter.The idea behind this strategy is to suppress chattering and maintain robustness and finite time convergence properties of the output voltage error to the equilibrium point under the load variations and parametric uncertainties.In addition,the influence of the twisting algorithm on the performance of closed-loop system is investigated and compared with other algorithms of first order sliding mode control such as adaptive sliding mode control(ASMC),nonsingular terminal sliding mode control(NTSMC).In comparative evaluation,the transient response of the output voltage with the step change in the load and the start-up response of the output voltage with the step change in the input voltage of buck converter were compared.Experimental results were obtained from a hardware setup constructed in laboratory.Finally,for all of the surveyed control methods,the theoretical considerations,numerical simulations,and experimental measurements from a laboratory prototype are compared for different operating points.It is shown that the proposed twisting method presents an improvement in steady state error and settling time of output voltage during load changes.

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell voltage-tracking using artificial neural networks

Transients in load and consequently in stack current have a significant impact on the performance and durability of fuel cells.The delays in auxiliary equipments in fuel cell systems (such as pumps and heaters) and back pressures degrade system performance and lead to problems in controlling tuning parameters including temperature,pressure,and flow rate.To overcome this problem,fast and delay-free systems are necessary for predicting control signals.In this paper,we propose a neural network model to control the stack terminal voltage as a proper constant and improve system performance.This is done through an input air pressure control signal.The proposed artificial neural network was constructed based on a back propagation network.A fuel cell nonlinear model,with and without feed forward control,was investigated and compared under random current variations.Simulation results showed that applying neural network feed forward control can successfully improve system performance in tracking output voltage.Also,less energy consumption and simpler control systems are the other advantages of the proposed control algorithm.