Adaptive reference model tracking control of electrode systems of arc furnace

Proposes an adaptive reference model tracking control system design approach for the electrode regulator system of an arc furnace. First the general description of this system is presented, in which the nonlinear part of the reference model is replaced by the identification result of the controlled system, then the existing conditions of the tracking control scheme is discussed. Based on that, the design of a feedforward control matrix and the iterative regulative algorithm of the feedback control matrix are put forward, which may lead the system to meet a good tracking performance. The simulation result has verified the effectiveness of the proposed scheme for a nonlinear system.