• DocumentCode
    1473697
  • Title

    Improved control of pneumatic lumber-handling systems

  • Author

    Wang, Xiaochun George ; Kim, ChrisKyung-Hyun

  • Author_Institution
    Innovation Centre, Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    458
  • Lastpage
    472
  • Abstract
    Presents the results on the modeling and control of a heavy pneumatic machine designed for handling logs. Although pneumatic systems are used in many applications, control of such systems poses difficult problems because of nonlinearity, such as that caused by friction and the well-known nonlinear volume-pressure relationship. The paper shows that a significant improvement in performance results from modified self-tuning generalized predictive control of pneumatic systems
  • Keywords
    actuators; friction; pneumatic control equipment; pneumatic systems; position control; predictive control; self-adjusting systems; wood processing; logs; modified self-tuning generalized predictive control; nonlinear volume-pressure relationship; nonlinearity; pneumatic lumber-handling systems; Actuators; Adaptive control; Aerospace industry; Aerospace materials; Control systems; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Pneumatic systems; Predictive control; Programmable control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1063-6536
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/87.918899
  • Filename
    918899