Designs a control system for shaping the low frequency characteristics of a new type of hydraulic speaker, so as to-make a louder sound at low frequencies than the usual type of speaker. In this design, the authors us...
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Designs a control system for shaping the low frequency characteristics of a new type of hydraulic speaker, so as to-make a louder sound at low frequencies than the usual type of speaker. In this design, the authors use H/sub /spl infin// control design method, which is capable of treating both frequency shaping and robust stabilization. The authors also illustrate the validity of the resulting controller by showing some experimental results.
This paper presents an efficient approach to short term power system resource scheduling based on the augmented Lagrangian relaxation method. The problem is divided into two stages, the commitment stage and the constr...
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This paper presents an efficient approach to short term power system resource scheduling based on the augmented Lagrangian relaxation method. The problem is divided into two stages, the commitment stage and the constrained economic dispatch stage. The proposed mathematical model incorporates optimal power flow (OPF) constraints in the unit commitment stage. By OPF constrains, the authors refer to the relevant active power constraints that are incorporated in the constrained economic dispatch stage (i.e. transmission capacity constraints, fuel and various regulated emission requirements). The inclusion of OPF constraints in the commitment stage will improve the feasibility of the constrained economic dispatch solution. Other unit commitment constraints such as spinning and operating reserve requirements, power balance as well as other relevant local constraints (i.e. unit ramping rates, upper and lower generation limits, minimum up and down times) are taken into account in the proposed model. As a larger number of constraints are dealt with, a more rigorous method is introduced for updating Lagrange multipliers to improve the solution convergence. A software package which addresses energy management systems requirements is developed and tested.
Kitano's approach to neural network design is extended in the sense that not just the neural network structure, but also the values of the weights are coded in the chromosome. Experimental results are presented de...
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Kitano's approach to neural network design is extended in the sense that not just the neural network structure, but also the values of the weights are coded in the chromosome. Experimental results are presented demonstrating the capability of the technique in the solution of a standard test problem.
In this paper we sketch a method for specification and automatic verification of real-time software properties. The method combines the IEC 848 norm and the recent specification techniques TCCS (Timed Calculus of Comm...
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In this paper we sketch a method for specification and automatic verification of real-time software properties. The method combines the IEC 848 norm and the recent specification techniques TCCS (Timed Calculus of Communicating systems) and TML (Timed Modal Logic) — supported by an automatic verification tool, Epsilon. The method is illustrated by modelling a small real-life steam generator example and subsequent automated analysis of its properties.
In this paper an adaptive way of mainsteam temperature control is proposed for a thermal power plant at the ramping stage. A physical model of the super-heater system is built up based on the experimental knowledge on...
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In this paper an adaptive way of mainsteam temperature control is proposed for a thermal power plant at the ramping stage. A physical model of the super-heater system is built up based on the experimental knowledge on actual thermal power plants. The model yields a continuous time nonlinear system with several unknown varying parameters. A quick identification method is Introduced to estimate online the model parameters. The identified model is used for designing a control signal to raise the mainsteam temperature at the outlet of the super- heater along a reference curve. In this way, an adaptive control of thermal power plant can be realized in the framework of MRACS. The effectiveness of the method has been confirmed through simulation studies.
An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) control system for automotive application is briefly presented. Robustness is one of the main issues in this particular system due to nonlinearities, time delays, and the effects of ...
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An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) control system for automotive application is briefly presented. Robustness is one of the main issues in this particular system due to nonlinearities, time delays, and the effects of complex exhaust gas dynamics. It was found that a good approximation of the system dynamics consists of a first order transfer function with a time delay where both transfer function coefficients and the time delay depend on the reference signal (desired EGR(%)). Moreover, it is sufficient to identify only four models corresponding to four different values of desired EGR (%) and assume interpolation for transfer function coefficients to characterize the system dynamics. Since the value of the reference signal is available in real time the controller design can be reduced to four controllers corresponding to four identified models and interpolation for coefficients of the controller transfer function in cases when the value of desired EGR (%) is between the assumed values. Simulation results for such designs are presented.
In a board level design with boundary scans, each chip on a board can be tested by loading test vectors and collecting responses through a boundary scan chain. Since the boundary scan may serialize the test process, t...
In a board level design with boundary scans, each chip on a board can be tested by loading test vectors and collecting responses through a boundary scan chain. Since the boundary scan may serialize the test process, the overall test time can be reduced if multiple boundary scan chains are used. In that case the test time depends on how the boundary scan chips are connected into multiple chains. In this paper, we present a technique for configuring multiple boundary scan chains to minimize the test time for boundary scan chips on a board.
Approaches to uncertainty modeling for robust control of large flexible space structures (LFSS) such as additive or multiplicative perturbations in H/sub /spl infin// do not work very well because of the special prope...
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Approaches to uncertainty modeling for robust control of large flexible space structures (LFSS) such as additive or multiplicative perturbations in H/sub /spl infin// do not work very well because of the special properties of LFSS dynamics. In this paper we propose the use of a left coprime factorization (LCF) of LFSS dynamics in modal coordinates for robust control design. The plant uncertainty is then described as stable perturbations of the coprime factors accounting for modal parameter uncertainty and unmodeled dynamics. Two multivariable H/sub /spl infin// designs based on LCFs of 46th-order colocated and noncolocated models of an LFSS experimental testbed are presented together with simulation and experimental results to illustrate the technique.
Artificial neural networks, also called neural networks, have been used successfully in many fields including engineering, science and business. This paper presents the implementation of several neural network simulat...
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Artificial neural networks, also called neural networks, have been used successfully in many fields including engineering, science and business. This paper presents the implementation of several neural network simulators and their applications in character recognition and other engineering areas.< >
Passivity based controllers are used in structural control due to their inherent robustness properties. These controllers require sensor/actuator collocation. In this paper, we consider the design of a "squaring ...
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Passivity based controllers are used in structural control due to their inherent robustness properties. These controllers require sensor/actuator collocation. In this paper, we consider the design of a "squaring down" matrix which renders a system passive by using a linear combination of all collocated and non-collocated sensor/actuator pairs. The design uses experimental transfer functions and does not require the knowledge of the system model. The problem of finding the squaring down matrix is cast as a solution to a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) subject to some additional performance considerations. The design procedure of the squaring down matrix assumes that velocity information is available from the sensors which is not generally the case. We show that the squaring down matrix can be implemented without the use of such velocity information. We provide experimental results gathered from the single link flexible beam setup in the C/sub La/MS laboratory at RPI to show that implementation of passive loops without velocity measurements provides very good results.
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