A Robust Emulation of Mechanical Loads Using a Disturbance-Observer

This paper deals with a new control strategy for the programmable dynamometer to emulate dynamic loads. The main idea is to employ the disturbance-observer-based design and take the nominal model involved in the disturbance-observer design as the desired dynamics to be emulated. Compared to previous...

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Main Authors: Kooksun Lee, Jeongju Lee, Juhoon Back, Young Il Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/12/2236
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Summary:This paper deals with a new control strategy for the programmable dynamometer to emulate dynamic loads. The main idea is to employ the disturbance-observer-based design and take the nominal model involved in the disturbance-observer design as the desired dynamics to be emulated. Compared to previous approaches, the proposed approach does not require exact system parameters of the motor under test, and the range of emulation parameters is wider than previous results. A rigorous stability analysis, as well as a constructive design incorporating system uncertainty and the steady state error bound are presented. An experimental system is developed to verify the performance of the proposed method, and it is demonstrated that up to 20-times of inertia emulation with relatively small emulation error (speed error less than <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <mn>6</mn> <mo>%</mo> </mrow> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>) is achieved and that various loads such as friction can be emulated.
ISSN:1996-1073