Application of Diagonal Recurrent Neural Network toDC Motor Speed Control Systems

A new kind of dynamic neural network--diagonal recurrent neural network (DRNN) and its learning method and architecture are presented. A direct adaptive control scheme is also developed that is applied to a DC (Direct Current) speed control system with the ability to auto-tune PI (Proportion Integral) parameters based on combining DRNN with PI controller. The simulation results of DRNN show better control performances and potential practical use in comparison with PI controller.

Current Search: Performance Evaluation and Application to DC Motor Speed Control System Design

This paper proposes the current search (CS) metaheuristics conceptualized from the electric current flowing through electric networks for optimization problems with continuous design variables. The CS algorithm possesses two powerful strategies, exploration and exploitation, for searching the global optimum. Based on the stochastic process, the derivatives of the objective function is unnecessary for the proposed CS. To evaluate its performance, the CS is tested against several unconstrained optimization problems. The results obtained are compared to those obtained by the popular search techniques, i.e., the genetic algorithm (GA), the particle swarm optimization (PSO), and the adaptive tabu search (ATS). As results, the CS outperforms other algorithms and provides superior results. The CS is also applied to a constrained design of the optimum PID controller for the dc motor speed control system. From experimental results, the CS has been successfully applied to the speed control of the dc motor.

基于DCS-惯性权重组合的柔性机械臂运动轨迹控制系统研究

为了有效调控机械臂运动幅度,避免柔性机械臂实际运动轨迹与目标轨迹发生较大的偏差,设计一种基于分散控制系统(DCS)-惯性权重组合的柔性机械臂运动轨迹控制系统,它是一个集合了计算机、通信、显示和控制的计算机系统,该系统由过程控制和过程监控。通过DCS算法控制监测对象行为幅度并计算柔性机械臂惯性权重,利用DCS-惯性权重组合求解素数控制指标的具体数值,实现了对柔性机械臂运动轨迹控制系统的软件设计。实验结果表明,DCS-惯性权重组合算法作用下的机械臂末端坐标在横轴、纵轴、空间轴方向上的运动幅值均可以被控制在10个单位长度之内,并且在0.52 s内进入机械臂运动轨迹最佳控制状态,运动轨迹差值最大仅为0.01 rad,验证了该系统具备可行性和有效性。

Study on Steering Control Strategy for High-Speed Tracked Vehicle with Hydrostatic Drive

Steering control strategy for high-speed tracked vehicle with hydrostatic drive is designed based on analyzing the fundamental steering theories of the hydrostatic drive tracked vehicle. The strategy is completed by the cooperation between integrated steering control unit and pump ＆ motor displacement controller. The steering simulation is conducted by using Simulink of Matlab. It is indicated that this steering control strategy can reduce the average vehicle speed automatically to achieve the driver＇s expected steering radius exactly in the case of en- suring not exceeding the system pressure threshold and no sideslip.

A New Energy Optimal Control Scheme for a Separately Excited DC Motor Based Incremental Motion Drive

This paper considers minimization of resistive and frictional power dissipation in a separately excited DC motor based incremental motion drive （IMD）. The drive is required to displace a given, fixed load through a definite angle in specified time, with minimum energy dissipation in the motor windings and minimum frictional losses. Accordingly, an energy optimal （EO） control strategy is proposed in which the motor is first accelerated to track a specific speed profile for a pre-determined optimal time period. Thereafter, both armature and field power supplies are disconnected, and the motor decelerates and comes to a halt at the desired displacement point in the desired total displacement time. The optimal time period for the initial acceleration phase is computed so that the motor stores just enough energy to decelerate to the final position at the specified displacement time. The parameters, such as the moment of inertia and coefficient of friction, which depend on the load and other external conditions, have been obtained using system identification method. Comparison with earlier control techniques is included. The results show that the proposed EO control strategy results in significant reduction of energy losses compared to the existing ones.

Dynamo Speed Control and Tectonics—Modeling Earth as a Shunt Wound DC Machine

The Sun’s slow periodic flux transfer to the Earth, the low frequency of Schumann Resonance, and the fixed DC voltage of the capacitor direct us toward direct current (DC) machines for electrical modeling purposes. The Earth exhibits dual characteristics of a motor generator set by motoring the mechanical Earth around its axis, while at the same time generating energy for its spherical capacitor. It follows that electrical and mechanical output of the Earth are powered by the magnitude of the flux transfer events, the constant DC voltage supply and any potential nuclear contribution within the core. Like an induction furnace, powerful magnetic flux from the Sun partially melts the outer iron core of the Earth and magnetizes the inner solid iron core. The solid inner magnetic core acts as a rotating armature similar to a DC machine. All electrical machines experience no load and full load power loss while in operation. Speed control of large rotating DC machines is well understood and has been applied in industry for over a century. Speed can be changed either by varying the field resistance and/or the armature resistance. The characteristic of a constant speed DC machine is such that a change in field resistance will cause a compensatory change in armature resistance to maintain velocity. In the case of the earth, a decrease in armature resistance results in an increase in volume of the iron core, which may result in greater seismic and volcanic activity. Climate change may be the direct result of changes in soil and sea water resistance, which we lump together as field resistance.

Single Phase Induction Motor Drive with Restrained Speed and Torque Ripples Using Neural Network Predictive Controller

In industrial drives, electric motors are extensively utilized to impart motion control and induction motors are the most familiar drive at present due to its extensive performance characteristic similar with that of DC drives. Precise control of drives is the main attribute in industries to optimize the performance and to increase its production rate. In motion control, the major considerations are the torque and speed ripples. Design of controllers has become increasingly complex to such systems for better management of energy and raw materials to attain optimal performance. Meager parameter appraisal results are unsuitable, leading to unstable operation. The rapid intensification of digital computer revolutionizes to practice precise control and allows implementation of advanced control strategy to extremely multifaceted systems. To solve complex control problems, model predictive control is an authoritative scheme, which exploits an explicit model of the process to be controlled. This paper presents a predictive control strategy by a neural network predictive controller based single phase induction motor drive to minimize the speed and torque ripples. The proposed method exhibits better performance than the conventional controller and validity of the proposed method is verified by the simulation results using MATLAB software.

EFFECTIVE DOUBLE LOOP CONTROL FOR A SQUARE WAVE BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR

A new type of brushless DC motor has been developed by using a square wave rare earth permanent magnet synchronous motor with its double loop control circuit. The double loop control scheme of the drive system yields a combination of desired characteristics including simplified control structure, small ripple torque, high speed accuracy, wide operating speed range, and fast dynamic response. Experimental results confirm excellent characteristics of the motor.

High Speed SRM Using Vector Control for Electric Vehicle

The high speed motor is effective to realize downsizing motor in an electric vehicle(EV).Switched Reluctance Motor(SRM)is possible to the high speed drive because the rotor structure has simple and robust.However,the vibration and the acoustic noise are large from the drive principle.Moreover,the conventional complicated current excitation results in the difficulty of the torque controller design.To overcome these problems,the vector control has been proposed for SRM drive.However,the vector control has not been applied to the SRM in the high speed drive.In this paper,the drive conditions such as switching frequency,bus voltage for driving the SRM in the high speed region are clarified.It is shown that the proposed SRM can be driven by the vector control in the high speed region and can realize low vibration.

A Review of Sensorless Control Methods for AC Motor Drives

In recent years,the application of sensorless AC motor drives is expanding in areas ranging from industrial applications to household electrical appliances.As is well known,the advantages of sensorless motor drives include lower cost,increased reliability,reduced hardware complexity,better noise immunity,and less maintenance requirements.With the development of modern industrial automation,more advanced sensorless control strategies are needed to meet the requirements of applications.For sensorless motor drives at low-and zero-speed operation,inverter nonlinearities and motor parameter variation have significant impact on the stability of control system.Meanwhile,high observer’s bandwidth is required in high-speed region.This paper introduces the state of art of recent progress in sensorless AC motor drives.In addition,this paper presents the sensorless control strategies we investigated for practical industrial and household applications.Both advanced sensorless drives of induction motor(IM)and permanent magnet synchronous motor(PMSM)are presented in this paper.

Asymptotic Tracking Control for Wind Turbines in Variable Speed Mode

This paper presents a variable speed control strategy for wind turbines in order to capture maximum wind power.Wind turbines are modeled as a two-mass drive-train system with generator torque control.Based on the obtained wind turbine model,variable speed control schemes are developed.Nonlinear tracking controllers are designed to achieve asymptotic tracking for a prescribed rotor speed reference signal so as to yield maximum wind power capture.Due to the difficulty of torsional angle measurement,an observer-based control scheme that uses only rotor speed information is further developed for global asymptotic output tracking.The effectiveness of the proposed control methods is illustrated by simulation results.

Design and implementation of a position sensorless control method for brushless DC motors

Because brushless direct current(BLDC) motors have the advantages of a compact size, high power density, high efficiency, and long operating life time, they are widely used in many industrial products and electric traction systems. It is known that the BLDC motors have no brushes for commutation. They are commutated with electronically commutation. So, the rotor position information of the BLDC motors must be known to understand which winding will be energized according to the energizing sequence. In most of the existing BLDC motor drivers, rotor position information is detected by Hall effect sensors. This kind of mechanical position sensors will bring additional connections and costs, reliability decrease and noise increase. In order to improve the control performance and extend the range of speed regulation for BLDC motors, a position sensorless control method is proposed in this paper. In the proposed control method, rotor position information of the BLDC motors is detected from the back electromagnetic forces(back-EMFs) which are estimated by an unknown-input observer with line to line currents and line to line voltages. For the purpose of verifying the effectiveness of the proposed control method, a model is built and simulated on the Matlab/Simulink platform. The simulation results show that the speed regulation performance of BLDC motors is improved compared with using Hall effect sensors. At the same time, the reliability of the BLDC motors is improved and the costs of them are reduced because the position sensor is eliminated.

Speed Control of Motor Based on Improved Glowworm Swarm Optimization

To better regulate the speed of brushless DC motors,an improved algorithm based on the original Glowworm Swarm Optimization is proposed.The proposed algorithm solves the problems of poor robustness,slow convergence,and low accuracy exhibited by traditional PID controllers.When selecting the glowworm neighborhood set,an optimization scheme based on the growth and competition behavior of weeds is applied to a single glowworm to prevent falling into a local optimal solution.After the glowworm’s position is updated,the league selection operator is introduced to search for the global optimal solution.Combining the local search ability of the invasive weed optimization with the global search ability of the league selection operator enhances the robustness of the algorithm and also accelerates the convergence speed of the algorithm.The mathematical model of the brushless DC motor is established,the PID parameters are tuned and optimized using improved Glowworm Swarm Optimization algorithm,and the speed of the brushless DC motor is adjusted.In a Simulink environment,a double closed-loop speed control model was established to simulate the speed control of a brushless DC motor,and this simulation was compared with a traditional PID control.The simulation results show that the model based on the improved Glowworm Swarm Optimization algorithm has good robustness and a steady-state response speed for motor speed control.

High Performance Servo-System of a Motor in Driect Drive Robotics

This paper decribes the control of a high performance variable reluctance motor system for direct drive robotics and industrial automation. The control system of a motor comists of a drive unit and a digital controller, possessing two functions of tbe analog dosed-loop control of motor velocity and the digit dosed-loop control of motor position. Then it discusses the closed-loop control of current in the three phases of the motor and the control of the lead angle of the motor. Finally, it suggests a design of the control circuits of motor current, velocity and position. The closed loop control of the motor position is achieved by a digit cotroller which consists of a microprocessor and other electronic components. It can control two variable reluctance motors simultaneusly. In order to be used for directly driving robots, the digit cotroller is equipped with a universal interface.

Comparative Analysis of Sonar Heads Drive Systems

This paper is dealing with a comparative analysis, from technical point of view of the solutions with the highest potentiality utilized in sonar heads drives. Even though the use of DC servomotors is a convenient solution for most customers, from some modem analysis criteria points of view, this type of drive system has a low reliability and a greater impact on the environment, compared to AC servomotors. From this class of AC servomotors, high behaviors, in such an application, have stepper motors and electronically commutated motor （brushless DC）. That is why, analysis in this paper, balances these two classes of AC servomotors. The systems performed are analyzed in Matlab/Simulink and PowerSim environments.

自动驾驶载货汽车速度轨迹模型预测跟踪控制方法

为避免车辆质量变化与道路坡度对自动驾驶载货汽车纵向车速控制的干扰,通过智能导航系统获取车辆速度轨迹及道路坡度信息,建立车辆纵向动力学模型和压缩天然气(CNG)发动机动力学模型,并基于模型预测控制(MPC)框架设计了一种实时的动态规划(DP)速度轨迹跟踪控制器。仿真结果表明,在新欧洲驾驶循环(NEDC)和全球统一轻型车辆测试循环(WLTC)工况下,该控制器在载货汽车质量变化和道路坡度干扰条件下能使车速保持稳定,并可在优化速度跟踪误差的同时降低发动机天然气消耗量。

虚拟直流电机荷电状态均衡控制

新型电力系统的惯性低,虚拟直流电机控制可以加强系统惯性和阻尼。多储能变换器应该考虑荷电状态(State of charge,SOC)均衡问题,提高系统稳定性。针对虚拟直流电机控制的多储能SOC均衡问题,利用直流电机机端电压和电枢电流的下垂特性,提出引入SOC离差及变均衡系数的变电枢电阻控制;针对下垂引起的电压偏移问题,采用虚拟直流电机转速补偿,用母线电容瞬时功率替代传统虚拟直流电机控制中电压PI控制,给定系统功率需求,减少比例积分环节个数。以两台蓄电池为例,在Simulink中进行仿真,并与参考文献的变电枢电阻函数对比可知,所提控制策略可抑制直流母线电压跌落,调节SOC均衡过程,提高其均衡速度和精度。

基于DEM的无人驾驶拖拉机前馈稳速控制

针对农田坡度变化影响无人驾驶农机行驶速度稳定性,进而降低播种均匀性和肥药施用精度等问题,该研究设计了一种基于农田数字高程模型(digital elevation model,DEM)和前馈控制策略的拖拉机稳速控制方法。首先建立坡地干扰补偿模型,基于拖拉机实时位置从农田DEM中提取前方作业路径的坡度信息,计算拖拉机前方目标速度补偿量,实现拖拉机行驶的稳速控制。以DF1204无级变速拖拉机为试验平台,在中国农业大学烟台研究院开展3组不同目标速度的上坡、平地和下坡行驶对比试验。试验结果表明,拖拉机以目标速度4、6和8 km/h行驶时,上坡行驶的实测速度均值分别为4.03、5.94和7.85 km/h,平地行驶的实测速度均值分别为4.04、6.02和8.03 km/h,下坡行驶的实测速度均值分别为4.00、6.10和8.19 km/h,与对照组相比,在上坡、平地和下坡行驶时的速度均方根误差平均分别降低了46.63%、21.92%和37.15%,试验组上坡和下坡行驶的实测速度均值更接近目标速度。所提方法可有效提高无人驾驶拖拉机在起伏农田的稳速控制精度,有助于提高农机作业质量。

基于改进麻雀搜索算法模糊PID控制器设计

为了提高无刷直流电机输出转速与转矩的平稳性,提出了一种通过时变惯性权重改进的麻雀搜索算法模糊PID控制器控制无刷直流电机。通过在Matlab/Simulink中对无刷直流电机进行控制仿真,仿真结果表明,时变惯性权重改进麻雀搜索算法模糊PID控制器控制无刷直流电机,其转速与转矩的平稳性符合要求,并且能够实时响应负载的变化。