Particle swarm optimization based interval type 2 fuzzy logic control for motor rotor position control of artificial heart pump

Abstract

Artificial heart pump (AHP) is employed to replace the native damaged heart and perform its functions. Bearingless brushless DC (BBLDC) motors are used for the implementation of the AHP. BBLDC motor is a highly nonlinear model with uncertainties and its mathematical model is hard to be found accurately. In this paper, BBLDC motor is simulated. Proportional plus integral (PI) controller is proposed to control the rotor suspension current. Furthermore, a type 2 proportional plus integral plus derivative-like fuzzy logic controller (T2 PID-Like FLC) is proposed to control the motor rotor (x, y) positions. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique is employed to find the best controller scaling factors and to optimize the controller inputs membership functions distribution within its universe of discourse. Simulation results showed enhancement in levitating the rotor to the required position, when using T2 PID-like FLC as compared with using type 1 PID-like fuzzy logic controller. The enhancement is measured using integral of absolute error (IAE) as a cost function to achieve 64.18% and 81.81% in the x and y axes respectively. The Performance of the motor is enhanced by 20%, which decreases the rotor oscillation and increases the ability to withstand the system disturbances and nonlinearity