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Actuator Fault Tolerance in Control Systems with Predictive Constrained Set-Point Optimizers Cover

Actuator Fault Tolerance in Control Systems with Predictive Constrained Set-Point Optimizers

Open Access
|Dec 2008

Abstract

Mechanisms of fault tolerance to actuator faults in a control structure with a predictive constrained set-point optimizer are proposed. The structure considered consists of a basic feedback control layer and a local supervisory set-point optimizer which executes as frequently as the feedback controllers do with the aim to recalculate the set-points both for constraint feasibility and economic performance. The main goal of the presented reconfiguration mechanisms activated in response to an actuator blockade is to continue the operation of the control system with the fault, until it is fixed. This may be even long-term, if additional manipulated variables are available. The mechanisms are relatively simple and consist in the reconfiguration of the model structure and the introduction of appropriate constraints into the optimization problem of the optimizer, thus not affecting the numerical effectiveness. Simulation results of the presented control system for a multivariable plant are provided, illustrating the efficiency of the proposed approach.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-008-0047-2 | Journal eISSN: 2083-8492 | Journal ISSN: 1641-876X
Language: English
Page range: 539 - 552
Published on: Dec 30, 2008
Published by: University of Zielona Góra
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2008 Piotr Marusak, Piotr Tatjewski, published by University of Zielona Góra
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

Volume 18 (2008): Issue 4 (December 2008)