Title : 
Multivariable control of a drum-type boiler system through LQG fuzzy emulation
         
        
            Author : 
Lamraoui, Oualid ; Habbi, Hacene
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Appl. Autom. Lab., Univ. of Boumerdes, Boumerdès, Algeria
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, a control strategy based on fuzzy emulation of LQG controller is proposed. The design procedure aims to construct fuzzy logic based controllers by emulating higher-order control laws using fuzzy reasoning and clustering techniques. The study is conducted on a nonlinear drum boiler-turbine model for which a multivariable LQG fuzzy emulator is designed. Simulations under different operating conditions are performed to assess the efficiency of the proposed control strategy.
         
        
            Keywords : 
boilers; fuzzy control; gas turbines; linear quadratic control; multivariable control systems; power generation control; LQG controller; LQG fuzzy emulation; clustering techniques; control strategy; drum-type boiler system; fuzzy logic based controllers; fuzzy reasoning; higher-order control laws; linear quadratic control; multivariable LQG fuzzy emulator; multivariable control; nonlinear drum boiler-turbine model; Approximation methods; Boilers; Data models; Emulation; Mathematical model; Training data; Turbines; Boiler-turbine plant; Fuzzy control; Fuzzy emulation; Linear quadratic control;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Control, Engineering & Information Technology (CEIT), 2015 3rd International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Tlemcen
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CEIT.2015.7233041