Speed Synchronization Control Research Articles

Speed Synchronous Control of Multiple Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Based on an Improved Cross-Coupling Structure

Regarding the shortcomings of the cross-coupling control structure during the start-up of a multi-motor with load—namely, a large synchronization error and a long start-up time—this paper proposes a fuzzy self-adjusting cross-coupling control structure. This structure combines a fuzzy self-adjusting filter and an advanced synchronization compensator. The fuzzy self-adjusting filter adjusts the “softened speed”, a newly established concept, so that each motor follows the trajectory of the softened speed during start-up, thus effectively reducing the synchronization error of the starting process. The advanced synchronization compensator is added to shorten the adjusting time of the motors. In addition, this paper analyzes the synchronization performance of the structure when the steady state is interrupted by a sudden step of load. Finally, this paper establishes an experimental platform for a synchronous speed control system for a permanent magnet synchronous motor, and verifies the effectiveness of the proposed structure and the correctness of the theoretical analysis through performing experiments.

Speed Synchronization Control for Integrated Automotive Motor-Transmission Powertrains Over CAN Through a Co-Design Methodology

This paper deals with the speed synchronization controller design for networked integrated motor-transmission (IMT) powertrains via controller area network (CAN). It is well known that, in current implementations, CAN has been widely used in the control system design of automotive powertrains. However, on the other hand, the application of CAN would not only lead to network-induced delays but also bring about protocol constrains, e.g., data package capability and utilization ratio limitation, which would deteriorate the system and make the controller design a challenging problem. This paper is to provide a co-design methodology that can cope with all these problems and ensure satisfactory control effect for the speed synchronization control of IMT powertrain systems. First, a networked IMT powertrain system using CAN as underlying network is presented and the dynamic model for the speed synchronization control is derived. Second, the network-induced delay model is introduced and improved considering data packet capability and utilization ratio limitation. The control-orient discrete-time model is also derived based on the improved delay model. Third, a co-design methodology using sliding mode controller and offline priority scheduling based on Lyapunov stability criterion is proposed. The results of simulations and tests show the effectiveness of the proposed co-design methodology.

Speed Synchronization Control of Integrated Motor–Transmission Powertrain over CAN through Active Period-Scheduling Approach

This paper deals with the speed synchronization control of integrated motor–transmission (IMT) powertrain systems in pure electric vehicles (EVs) over a controller area network (CAN) subject to both network-induced delays and network congestion. A CAN has advantages over point-to-point communication; however, it imposes network-induced delays and network congestion into the control system, which can deteriorate the shifting quality and make system integration difficult. This paper presents a co-design scheme combining active period scheduling and discrete-time slip mode control (SMC) to deal with both network-induced delays and network congestion of the CAN, which improves the speed synchronization control for high shifting quality and prevents network congestion for the system’s integration. The results of simulations and hardware-in-loop experiments show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, which can ensure satisfactory speed synchronization performance while significantly reducing the network’s utilization.

Phase and speed synchronization control of four eccentric rotors driven by induction motors in a linear vibratory feeder with unknown time-varying load torques using adaptive sliding mode control algorithm

In this paper, phase and speed synchronization control of four eccentric rotors (ERs) driven by induction motors in a linear vibratory feeder with unknown time-varying load torques is studied. Firstly, the electromechanical coupling model of the linear vibratory feeder is established by associating induction motor׳s model with the dynamic model of the system, which is a typical under actuated model. According to the characteristics of the linear vibratory feeder, the complex control problem of the under actuated electromechanical coupling model converts to phase and speed synchronization control of four ERs. In order to keep the four ERs operating synchronously with zero phase differences, phase and speed synchronization controllers are designed by employing adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) algorithm via a modified master-slave structure. The stability of the controllers is proved by Lyapunov stability theorem. The proposed controllers are verified by simulation via Matlab/Simulink program and compared with the conventional sliding mode control (SMC) algorithm. The results show the proposed controllers can reject the time-varying load torques effectively and four ERs can operate synchronously with zero phase differences. Moreover, the control performance is better than the conventional SMC algorithm and the chattering phenomenon is attenuated. Furthermore, the effects of reference speed and parametric perturbations are discussed to show the strong robustness of the proposed controllers. Finally, experiments on a simple vibratory test bench are operated by using the proposed controllers and without control, respectively, to validate the effectiveness of the proposed controllers further.

Speed synchronization control for integrated automotive motor–transmission powertrain system with random delays

This paper presents a robust speed synchronization controller design for an integrated motor–transmission powertrain system in which the driving motor and multi-gearbox are directly coupled. As the controller area network (CAN) is commonly used in the vehicle powertrain system, the possible network-induced random delays in both feedback and forward channel are considered and modeled by using two Markov chains in the controller design process. For the application perspective, the control law adopted here is a generalized proportional–integral (PI) control. By employing the system-augmentation technique, a delay-free stochastic closed-loop system is obtained and the generalized PI controller design problem is converted to a static output feedback (SOF) controller design problem. Since there are external disturbances involved in the closed-loop system, the energy-to-peak performance is considered to guarantee the robustness of the controller. And the controlled output is chosen as the speed synchronization error. To further improve the transient response of the closed-loop system, the pole placement is also employed in the energy-to-peak performance based speed synchronization control. The mode-dependent control gains are obtained by using an iterative linear matrix inequality (LMI) algorithm. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.

Robust speed synchronization control for clutchless automated manual transmission systems in electric vehicles

This paper is concerned with the speed synchronization optimal controller design problem for clutchless automated manual transmission systems in electric vehicles. It is well known that speed synchronization is one of the main challenges in a transmission system. In electric vehicles, clutchless automated manual transmission systems are regarded as promising transmission devices and are generally required to have high-precision speed synchronization capabilities. In order to satisfy this requirement, a robust optimal speed synchronization control scheme is proposed in this paper. The control law consists of preview control, integral control, and state-feedback control. Using an augmentation method, the proposed controller design problem is transformed into a state-feedback design problem for the augmented system first. As the external input is involved in the augmented system, the H∞ control scheme is employed to minimize the effect of disturbance on the controlled output. In addition, to ensure tradeoff between the transient response and the maximal control effort, the linear quadratic cost function and the pole placement technique are also adopted in the design. Finally, the controller gains are calculated by solving the linear matrix inequality. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.

The Automation of Spillway Gate Machine of Hydropower Power Station

To increase automation degree of spillway gate machine, the variable speed synchronization control with mechanical location locking device and the remote monitoring system based on hierarchical distributed model are designed in this paper. And the cell controller and the system integration of remote data communication network are also implemented. This design scheme can be well used in spillway gate machine automation proved in Manwan power station.

Speed Synchronization of web winding System with Sliding Mode Control

A continuous web winding system is a large-scale, complex interconnected dynamic system with numerous tension zones to transport the web while processing it. There are two control schemes for large-scale system control: the centralized scheme and the decentralized scheme. Centralized control is the traditional control method, which considers all the information about the system to be a single dynamic model and design a control system for this model. A speed synchronization control strategy for multiple induction motors, based on adjacent cross-coupling control structure, is developed by employing total sliding mode control method. The proposed control strategy is to stabilize speed tracking of each induction motor while synchronizing its speed with the speed of the other motors so as to make speed synchronization error amongst induction motors converge to zero. The global stability and the convergence of the designed controller are proved by using Lyapunov method. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v3i2.2432

Speed Synchronization of Multiple Induction Motors with Total Sliding Mode Control

Abstract A speed synchronization control strategy for multiple induction motors, based on adjacent cross-coupling control structure, is developed by employing total sliding mode control method. The proposed control strategy is to stabilize speed tracking of each induction motor while synchronizing its speed with the speed of the other motors so as to make speed synchronization error amongst induction motors converge to zero. The global stability and the convergence of the designed controller are proved by using Lyapunov method. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.