Title :
Implementation of a self-tuning AVR
Author :
Farsi, M. ; Zachariah, K.J. ; Finch, J.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Newcastle upon Tyne Univ., UK
fDate :
1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The paper describes the design and implementation of a self-tuning automatic voltage regulator (STAVR) based on the generalised predictive controller (GPC). When implementing self-tuning controllers on industrial systems such as turbogenerators it is pertinent to consider several potential problems before a reasonable design can evolve. For example, in actual industrial plants, the quality of the plant signals used for feedback purposes is far from perfect, which may be attributed to sensor noise, sensor lag, aliasing, quantisation error, etc. These issues, along with the robustness, unmodelled dynamics, disturbances, steady-state offsets and nonlinearities, are considered
Keywords :
adaptive control; control system synthesis; feedback; industrial control; predictive control; robust control; self-adjusting systems; turbogenerators; voltage control; voltage regulators; STAVR design; aliasing; disturbances; feedback; industrial plants; industrial systems; nonlinearities; quantisation error; robustness; self-tuning AVR; self-tuning automatic voltage regulator; self-tuning controllers; sensor lag; sensor noise; steady-state offsets; turbogenerators; unmodelled dynamics;
Journal_Title :
Control Theory and Applications, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-cta:19970993