Feed-Forward Neural Network Based Petroleum Wells Equipment Failure Prediction

In the oil industry, the productivity of oil wells depends on the performance of the sub-surface equipment system. These systems often have problems stemming from sand, corrosion, internal pressure variation, or other factors. In order to ensure high equipment performance and avoid high-cost losses, it is essential to identify the source of possible failures in the early stage. However, this requires additional maintenance fees and human power. Moreover, the losses caused by these problems may lead to interruptions in the whole production process. In order to minimize maintenance costs, in this paper, we introduce a model for predicting equipment failure based on processing the historical data collected from multiple sensors. The state of the system is predicted by a Feed-Forward Neural Network (FFNN) with an SGD and Backpropagation algorithm is applied in the training process. Our model’s primary goal is to identify potential malfunctions at an early stage to ensure the production process’ continued high performance. We also evaluated the effectiveness of our model against other solutions currently available in the industry. The results of our study show that the FFNN can attain an accuracy score of 97% on the given dataset, which exceeds the performance of the models provided.

Real-time Feed-forward Force Compensation for Active Magnetic Bearings System Based on H∞ Controller

There are two kinds of unbalance vibrations—force vibration and displacement vibration due to the existence of unbalance excitation in active magnetic bearings（AMB） system. And two unbalance compensation methods—closed-loop feedback and open loop feed-forward are presented to reduce the force vibration. The transfer function order of the control system directly influencing the system stability will be increased when the closed-loop method is adopted, which makes the real-time compensation not easily achieved. While the open loop method would not increase the primary transfer function order, it provides conditions for real-time compensation. But the real-time compensation signals are not easy to be obtained in the open loop method. To implement real-time force compensation, a new method is proposed to reduce the force vibration caused by the rotor unbalance on the basis of AMB active control. The method realizes real-time and on-line force auto-compensation based on H∞ controller and one novel feed-forward compensation controller, which makes the rotor rotate around its inertia axis. The time-variable feed-forward compensatory signal is provided by a modified adaptive variable step-size least mean square（VSLMS） algorithm. And the relevant least mean square（LMS） algorithm parameters are used to solve the H∞ controller weighting functions. The simulation of the new method to compensate some frequency-variable and sinusoidal signals is completed by MATLAB programming, and real-time compensation is implemented in the actual AMB experimental system. The simulation and experiment results show that the compensation scheme can improve the robust stability and the anti-interference ability of the whole AMB system by using H∞ controller to achieve close-loop control, and then real-time force unbalance compensation is implemented. The proposed research provides a new control strategy containing real-time algorithm and H∞ controller for the force compensation of AMB system. And the stability of the control system is finally improved.

ADAPTIVE FEED-FORWARD COMPENSATOR FOR HARMONIC CANCELLATION IN ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC SERVO SYSTEM

Since the dead zone phenomenon occurs in electro-hydraulic servo system, the output of the system corresponding to a sinusoidal input contains higher harmonic besides the fundamental input, which causes harmonic distortion of the output signal. The method for harmonic cancellation based on adaptive filter is proposed. The task is accomplished by generating reference signals with frequency that should be eliminated from the output. The reference inputs are weighted by the adaptive filter in such a way that it closely matches the harmonic. The output of the adaptive filter is a harmonic replica and is injected to the fundamental signal such that the output harmonic is cancelled leaving the desired signal alone, and the total harmonic distortion （THD） is greatly reduced. The weights of filter are adjusted on-line according to the control error by using least-mean-square （LMS） algorithm. Simulation results performed with a hydraulic system demonstrate the efficiency and validity of the proposed adaptive feed-forward compensator （AFC） control scheme

Dynamic Velocity Feed-Forward Compensation Control with RBF-NN System Identification for Industrial Robots

A dynamic velocity feed-forward compensation （RBF-NN） dynamic model identification was presented for control （DVFCC） approach with RBF neural network the adaptive trajectory tracking of industrial robots. The proposed control approach combined the advantages of traditional feedback closed-loop position control and computed torque control based on inverse dynamic model. The feed-forward compensator used a nominal robot dynamics as accurate dynamic model and on-line identification with RBF-NN as uncertain part to improve dynamic modeling accu- racy. The proposed compensation was applied as velocity feed-forward by an inverse velocity controller that can con- vert torque signal into velocity in the standard industrial controller. Then, the need for a torque control interface was avoided in the real-time dynamic control of industrial robot. The simulations and experiments were carried out on a gas cutting manipulator. The results show that the proposed control approach can reduce steady-state error, suppress overshoot and enhance tracking accuracy and efficiency in joint space and Cartesian space, especially under high- speed condition.

Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network Model for Air Pollutant Index Prediction in the Southern Region of Peninsular Malaysia

This paper describes the application of principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural network (ANN) to predict the air pollutant index (API) within the seven selected Malaysian air monitoring stations in the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia based on seven years database (2005-2011). Feed-forward ANN was used as a prediction method. The feed-forward ANN analysis demonstrated that the rotated principal component scores (RPCs) were the best input parameters to predict API. From the 4 RPCs, only 10 (CO, O3, PM10, NO2, CH4, NmHC, THC, wind direction, humidity and ambient temp) out of 12 prediction variables were the most significant parameters to predict API. The results proved that the ANN method can be applied successfully as tools for decision making and problem solving for better atmospheric management.

Load Shedding Strategy Based on Combined Feed-Forward Plus Feedback Control over Data Streams

In data stream management systems (DSMSs), how to maintain the quality of queries is a difficult problem because both the processing cost and data arrival rates are highly unpredictable. When the system is overloaded, quality degrades significantly and thus load shedding becomes necessary. Unlike processing overloading in the general way which is only by a feedback control (FB) loop to obtain a good and stable performance over data streams, a feedback plus feed-forward control (FFC) strategy is introduced in DSMSs, which have a good quality of service (QoS) in the aspects of miss ratio and processing delay. In this paper, a quality adaptation framework is proposed, in which the control-theory-based techniques are leveraged to adjust the application behavior with the considerations of the current system status. Compared to previous solutions, the FFC strategy achieves a good quality with a waste of fewer resources.

Noise decomposition algorithm and propagation mechanism in feed-forward gene transcriptional regulatory loop

Feed-forward gene transcriptional regulatory networks, as a set of common signal motifs, are widely distributed in the biological systems. In this paper, the noise characteristics and propagation mechanism of various feed-forward gene transcriptional regulatory loops are investigated, including （i） coherent feed-forward loops with AND-gate, （ii） coherent feed-forward loops with OR-gate logic, and （iii） incoherent feed-forward loops with AND-gate logic. By introducing logarithmic gain coefficient and using linear noise approximation, the theoretical formulas of noise decomposition are derived and the theoretical results are verified by Gillespie simulation. From the theoretical and numerical results of noise decomposition algorithm, three general characteristics about noise transmission in these different kinds of feed-forward loops are observed, i） The two-step noise propagation of upstream factor is negative in the incoherent feed-forward loops with AND-gate logic, that is, upstream factor can indirectly suppress the noise of downstream factors, ii） The one-step propagation noise of upstream factor is non-monotonic in the coherent feed-forward loops with OR-gate logic, iii） When the branch of the feed-forward loop is negatively controlled, the total noise of the downstream factor monotonically increases for each of all feed-forward loops. These findings are robust to variations of model parameters. These observations reveal the universal rules of noise propagation in the feed-forward loops, and may contribute to our understanding of design principle of gene circuits.

A double closed loop APFC control with feed-forward

In order to improve the steady state performance,dynamic response and power factor of traditional power factor correction(PFC)digital control method and reduce the harmonic distortion of input current,a double closed loop active power factorcorrection(APFC)control method with feed-forward is proposed.Firstly,the small signal model of Boost PFC control systemis built and the system transfer function is deduced,and then the parameters of the main device with Boost topology is estimated.By means of the feed-forward,the system can quickly respond to the change in input voltage.Furthermore,the use ofvoltage loop and current loop can achieve input current and output voltage regulation Simulink modeling shows that this methodcan effectively control the output voltage in case of input voltage largely fluctuating,improve the system dynamic response abilityand input power factor,and reduce the input current harmonic distortion

Feed-Forward-Like Decoupling Control in Coagulation Bath of Carbon Fiber Precursor

The coagulation bath system of carbon fiber precursor is a complicated and multivariable coupling system. Based on the model of industrial production,the full dynamic decoupling control of the coagulation bath system of carbon fiber precursor is achieved in combination with multivariable feed-forward-like decoupling and proportional-integral-differential( PID) control. Compared with the conventional PID decoupling control,the experiment results show that the proposed method has a better control effect. The use of the controller can achieve complete decoupling of three parameters from coagulation bath system. The method should have great applications.

A Kind of Second-Order Learning Algorithm Based on Generalized Cost Criteria in Multi-Layer Feed-Forward Neural Networks

A kind of second order algorithm--recursive approximate Newton algorithm was given by Karayiannis. The algorithm was simplified when it was formulated. Especially, the simplification to matrix Hessian was very reluctant, which led to the loss of valuable information and affected performance of the algorithm to certain extent. For multi layer feed forward neural networks, the second order back propagation recursive algorithm based generalized cost criteria was proposed. It is proved that it is equivalent to Newton recursive algorithm and has a second order convergent rate. The performance and application prospect are analyzed. Lots of simulation experiments indicate that the calculation of the new algorithm is almost equivalent to the recursive least square multiple algorithm. The algorithm and selection of networks parameters are significant and the performance is more excellent than BP algorithm and the second order learning algorithm that was given by Karayiannis.

Design and Hardware-in-the-loop Validation:A Fractional Full Feed-forward Method for Grid Voltage in LCL Grid-connected Inverter Systems

The harmonic disturbance in the background grid is a problem that must be considered in the design of a gridconnected inverter.However,the full feed-forward method cannot completely suppress the harmonic disturbance in theory and is sensitive to noise.To tackle these problems,a fractional full feed-forward method of grid voltage is proposed in this paper.First,the mathematical model of the full feed-forward method is deduced,and the differences with the theoretical solution,which can suppress all harmonics,are analyzed.Then,the parameter equation,the harmonic suppression performance,stability analysis and the implementation process of this method are given.Compared with the full feed-forward method,the proposed method not only further improves the harmonic suppression performance,but also reduces the order of the mathematical model of the differential term in the feed-forward loop.In addition,the proposed method can be used to flexibly design feed-forward coefficients by selecting the order of suppressed harmonics.Finally,the proposed method is validated by a hardware-in-the-loop experiment on a MT real-time control platform NI PXIE-1071.

Proportional-derivative Control of Second-order Tethered Satellites System Based on Extended State Observer and Feed-forward Compensation

This paper researches the proportional-derivative(PD)feedback control with feed-forward compensations from input for a triangular tethered satellite system(TTSS),and the extended state observer(ESO)design which is further incorporated in control to estimate the structural uncertainties in system.By expanding Lagrangian equations under chosen variables,the dynamic equations of TTSS are derived which is the second-order nonlinear equation.Then the feedback control under typical feed-forward compensations is discussed as the nonlinear functions in system are counteracted,and the controlled outputs are computed by deriving the transfer functions of the transformed structures.Moreover,in case of the uncertain structures in system which may constrain the control e®ect,ESO-based PD control is further proposed,and the observed error and controlled accuracy are analyzed by Lyapunov functions.Simulation results on the designed controls are presented to validate the theoretic analyses.

A 28/56 Gb/s NRZ/PAM-4 dual-mode transceiver with 1/4 rate reconfigurable 4-tap FFE and half-rate slicer in a 28-nm CMOS

A 28/56 Gb/s NRZ/PAM-4 dual-mode transceiver(TRx)designed in a 28-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconduc-tor(CMOS)process is presented in this article.A voltage-mode(VM)driver featuring a 4-tap reconfigurable feed-forward equal-izer(FFE)is employed in the quarter-rate transmitter(TX).The half-rate receiver(RX)incorporates a continuous-time linear equal-izer(CTLE),a 3-stage high-speed slicer with multi-clock-phase sampling,and a clock and data recovery(CDR).The experimen-tal results show that the TRx operates at a maximum speed of 56 Gb/s with chip-on board(COB)assembly.The 28 Gb/s NRZ eye diagram shows a far-end vertical eye opening of 210 mV with an output amplitude of 351 mV single-ended and the 56 Gb/s PAM-4 eye diagram exhibits far-end eye opening of 33 mV(upper-eye),31 mV(mid-eye),and 28 mV(lower-eye)with an output amplitude of 353 mV single-ended.The recovered 14 GHz clock from the RX exhibits random jitter(RJ)of 469 fs and deterministic jitter(DJ)of 8.76 ps.The 875 Mb/s de-multiplexed data features 593 ps horizontal eye opening with 32.02 ps RJ,at bit-error rate(BER)of 10-5(0.53 UI).The power dissipation of TX and RX are 125 and 181.4 mW,respectively,from a 0.9-V sup-ply.

基于超前滞后环节附加前馈阻尼的VSG控制策略

虚拟同步发电机(virtual synchronous generator,VSG)在引入同步机二阶转子运动方程,增大电力系统等效惯量的同时,也引入了同步发电机的振荡特性,有功低频振荡等动态稳定性问题也随之而来。引入调速侧电力系统稳定器(governor power system stabilizer,GPSS)能有效抑制VSG的功率低频振荡,但其在超调量及调节时间方面的控制效果仍有待提高。通过建立VSG的小信号模型从极点配置角度分析其稳定性,揭示基于GPSS的VSG控制策略在功率动态响应上存在较高超调和较长调节时间的原因。基于此,参考GPSS控制思想,提出了一种基于超前滞后环节附加前馈阻尼补偿的虚拟同步发电机控制策略。并从理论上分析验证了所提控制策略在不影响系统稳态特性的前提下,能够提供调整自由度更高的正阻尼,在有效地抑制功率超调的同时提高了系统的调节速度,从而更好地抑制了有功功率的低频振荡。最后通过MATLAB/Simulink进行对比仿真,仿真结果与理论分析结果一致,证明了所提控制策略的正确性和有效性。

无线电能传输系统最大效率追踪及恒压输出复合控制方法

针对无线电能传输(WPT)系统的传输效率受耦合线圈之间的互感以及负载影响的特点,该文提出一种基于阻抗匹配技术的最大效率追踪及基于前馈PI控制的恒压输出复合控制方法。首先,对双边LCC型WPT系统的参数和传输效率进行分析,通过调整系统参数优化系统的传输效率。其次,在二次侧使用DC-DC变换器采用阻抗匹配的方法实现最大效率追踪,同时在一次侧采用DC-DC变换器利用前馈PI控制器闭环控制负载端电压实现恒压输出。该方法中,效率追踪和电压控制之间相互独立,互不干扰。此外,该方法还通过系统工作时的电路参数来估算线圈间的互感值,并通过线性拟合的方法对该估算互感值进行修正,得到更精确的互感估算值。最后,通过搭建实验平台验证了该方法的可行性和有效性。与PI控制相比,前馈PI控制方法在快速性和抗扰动性上均具有明显优势。

双闭环控制的三相电压型PWM整流器的研究

针对传统的不控整流电路中网侧电流谐波很大、晶闸管相控整流电路中深控时网侧功率因数低和闭环控制时动态响应慢等问题,设计出一种引入脉冲宽度调制技术的三相电压型整流器。在完成三相电压型整流器的电压外环电流内环的双闭环控制系统设计的基础上,对其进行了仿真实验。仿真结果表明,与不控或相控整流电路相比,该三相电压型PWM整流电路中,不仅输入电流的谐波大大减小,电能可双向流动,能够实现整流和逆变状态下的单位功率因数运行,还可较好地抑制负载突变时直流侧电压的波动,从而显著提高系统的抗扰能力,真正实现绿色环保和高效节能的高度结合。

车用永磁同步电机无电流传感器控制研究

针对电动汽车车载环境复杂多变,影响电流传感器测量精度,更恶劣情况会导致电机驱动系统一相或多相电流传感器发生故障失效问题,因此基于扩展卡尔曼滤波提出一种无电流传感器控制算法,利用永磁同步电机定子电压、转子位置和转速信息重构电机定子电流,并针对无电流传感器算法导致的系统延迟问题设计了前馈补偿环节来改善系统动态性能,并对所提算法进行加减速及鲁棒性实验,仿真及实验结果均验证了所提方法的有效性。

单相级联H桥整流器平方电压反馈控制算法

以单相级联H桥整流器为研究对象,对其控制策略进行了研究。首先在采用双闭环控制策略的基础上,构建了dq前馈解耦模型,并通过二阶广义积分算法改善了虚拟交流分量对系统的影响,实现了网侧电流对电压相位、频率的快速精确追踪。其次,对传统电压平衡控制算法进行了改进,通过对功率平衡关系的定义,将输出电压平方作为控制信号,增强了系统自适应能力,提高了系统在投切载时的动态性能。最后,基于MATLAB/Simulink软件进行仿真,验证了所提策略的正确性和有效性。

基于前馈非线性模型预测控制的类车机器人路径跟踪

类车机器人由于零件标准化程度低,侧偏刚度等轮胎力学参数难以准确获得,存在动力学建模十分困难的问题,因此现有研究工作通常以运动学模型作为类车机器人的控制模型,但由于其运动学模型存在模型失配,导致类车机器人与参考路径之间的误差、类车机器人的前轮转角和前轮转角速度出现剧烈振荡现象.针对前述问题,本文基于非线性模型预测控制(Nonlinear model predictive control,NMPC)的滚动优化原理,引入基于逆运动学模型的前馈转角信息,将前轮转向角作为预测模型的第四维,提出了一种基于前馈非线性模型预测控制(Feedforward NMPC,FNMPC)的类车机器人路径跟踪控制算法.并通过Simulink和CarSim进行了联合仿真,结果表明FNMPC有效减小了模型失配导致的振荡现象,同时具有较高的跟踪精度.其中前馈非线性模型预测控制器的位移误差幅值不超过0.1106 m,航向误差幅值不超过0.1253 rad.在相同工况下,线性模型预测控制、前馈线性模型预测控制、纯跟踪控制和Stanley控制误差发散,而本文提出的FNMPC相比已有NMPC跟踪精度更高,且控制增量绝对累计值相比NMPC控制器减小67.53%.通过线控类车机器人底盘作为实验平台完成的测试结果表明,NMPC系统在进入弯道时出现控制失控现象,在相同工况下,FNMPC系统能够有效完成对参考路径的跟踪,同时将位移误差幅值控制在0.1624 m以内,航向误差幅值控制在0.1138 rad以内.

面向56 Gb/s高速SerDes接收机DSP设计

高速接口芯片是高性能互连网络通信中的一款重要IP,针对56 Gb/s四脉冲幅度调制信号在高性能互连网络背板通信中,由于传输距离长信道衰减严重导致误码率高的问题,提出一种面向56 Gb/s高速Serdes接收机DSP设计。该DSP采用64路并行结构,通过16抽头前向反馈均衡器,以及1抽头预判决反馈均衡器对接收端数字化后的信号进行处理;采用基于K-均值聚类算法生成动态变化的判决电平并结合最小均方误差算法,能够处理15~35 dB不同信道衰减下的均衡问题。为了验证算法的性能,还搭建了一个基于模拟前端芯片和现场可编程门阵列的实验验证平台。实验结果表明,在信道衰减为15~35 dB@14 GHz,速率为56 Gb/s的条件下,误码率均小于5e-10。