Performance-Driven Adaptive Output Feedback Control with Direct Design of PFC

Abstract

<div class=""abs_img""> <img src=""[disp_template_path]/JRM/abst-image/00270005/01.jpg"" width=""300"" /> Block diagram of proposed control</div> An adaptive control system is configured simply by output feedback when the controlled system is almost strictly positive real (ASPR). ASPR conditions are, however, very severe restrictions for actual systems. The parallel feedforward compensator (PFC), which is designed for making augmented controlled system ASPR, has been proposed to solve this problem. We propose a performance-driven adaptive output feedback control system with a PFC designed via direct design. Our proposed adaptive control system is to be used for systems whose properties change during operation. Our PFC’s direct design uses the system’s input/output data and readjusts output feedback gain based on a performance index. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed through experiments using liquid level control for the two-tank process system. </span>