Robust Output Regulation of a Guyer-Krumhansl Heat Equation Under Modeling Mismatches

Abstract

The paper considers robust output regulation of a Guyer-Krumhansl (GK) heat conduction law under modeling mismatches. More specifically, we consider the differences of the GK model compared with a simple diffusion equation (also known as the Fourier heat conduction law) and treat them as modeling mismatches in view of robust output regulation. We will consider a simple internal model based controller to solve the output regulation problem and analyze its robustness with respect to the differences between the two heat conduction laws. Moreover, we will test the robustness of the considered controller in numerical simulations.