Abstract
The problem of process systems subject to actuator faults (partial loss of actuator effectiveness) is considered. An active fault compensation control law is designed that utilizes compensation in a way that accounts for matching and unmatching uncertainties and the occurrence of actuator faults. The main idea is designing the robust compensation controller to guarantee closed-loop stability in the presence of faults, based on a neural network representation of the fault dynamics. Changes in the system due to faults are modeled as unknown nonlinear functions. The updating control law is derived such that all the parameters of the closed-loop system are bounded. An output feedback controller is used to the "healthy" system and the adaptive feedback controller is used to compensate for the effect of the dynamics caused by the fault. The advantage of fault compensation is the dynamics caused by faults can be accommodated online. The proposed design method is illustrated on a three-tank system. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 985-990 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Process Control |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 8 Feb 2009 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
The first author acknowledges the financial support from the China Scholarship Council at Northeastern University sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The second author acknowledges the financial support from the 111 Project at Northeastern University sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Chang Jiang Professorship at Tsinghua University sponsored by the Ministry of Education.Keywords
- Fault compensation
- Fault detection
- Fault-tolerant control
- Stability