Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC Motors

Electric direct-current (DC) drives based on DC motor are extremely important in the manufacturing process, so it must be crucial to increase their performance when they are working on load disturbances or the DC motor’s parameters change. Usually, several load torque suddenly appears when electric...

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Main Authors: Pedro Ponce, J. Antonio Rosales, Arturo Molina, Hiram Ponce, Brian MacCleery
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Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/12/3091
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J. Antonio Rosales
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description Electric direct-current (DC) drives based on DC motor are extremely important in the manufacturing process, so it must be crucial to increase their performance when they are working on load disturbances or the DC motor’s parameters change. Usually, several load torque suddenly appears when electric drives are operating in a speed closed-loop, so robust controllers are required to keep the speed high-performance. One of the most well-known robust strategies is the sliding mode controller (SMC), which works under discontinue operation. This controller can handle disturbances and variations in the plant’s parameters, so the controller has robust performance. Nevertheless, it has some disadvantages (chattering). Therefore, this paper proposed a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) that includes an artificial organic network for adjusting the command signal of the SMC. The proposed controller gives a smooth signal that decrements the chattering in the SMC. The stability condition that is based on Lyapunov of the DC motor is driven is evaluated; besides, the stability margins are calculated. The proposed controller is designed using co-simulation and a real testbed since co-simulation is an extremely useful tool in academia and industry allows to move from co-simulation to real implementation in short period of time. Moreover, there are several universities and industries that adopt co-simulation as the main step to design prototypes. Thus, engineering students and designers are able to achieve excellent results when they design rapid and functional prototypes. For instance, co-simulation based on Multisim leads to design directly printed circuit boards so engineering students or designers could swiftly get an experimental DC drive. The experimental results using this platform show excellent DC-drive performance when the load torque disturbances are suddenly applied to the system. As a result, the proposed controller based on fuzzy artificial organic and SMC allows for adjusting the command signal that improves the dynamic response in DC drives. The experimental response using the sliding-mode controller with fuzzy artificial organic networks is compared against an auto-tuning, Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID), which is a conventional controller. The PID controller is the most implemented controller in several industries, so this proposal can contribute to improving manufacturing applications, such as micro-computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Moreover, the proposed robust controller achieves a superior-speed response under the whole tested scenarios. Finally, the presented design methodology based on co-simulation could be used by universities and industry for validating and implementing advanced control systems in DC drives.
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spelling doaj.art-d1922c15c64248309b04ca84722019712023-11-20T03:55:14ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-06-011312309110.3390/en13123091Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC MotorsPedro Ponce0J. Antonio Rosales1Arturo Molina2Hiram Ponce3Brian MacCleery4School of Engineering and Sciences-Writing Lab, Teclabs, Vicerrectoria de Investigación y Transferencia de Tecnología, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, MexicoSchool of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, MexicoSchool of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, MexicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Ciudad de México 03920, MexicoNational Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX 78759, USAElectric direct-current (DC) drives based on DC motor are extremely important in the manufacturing process, so it must be crucial to increase their performance when they are working on load disturbances or the DC motor’s parameters change. Usually, several load torque suddenly appears when electric drives are operating in a speed closed-loop, so robust controllers are required to keep the speed high-performance. One of the most well-known robust strategies is the sliding mode controller (SMC), which works under discontinue operation. This controller can handle disturbances and variations in the plant’s parameters, so the controller has robust performance. Nevertheless, it has some disadvantages (chattering). Therefore, this paper proposed a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) that includes an artificial organic network for adjusting the command signal of the SMC. The proposed controller gives a smooth signal that decrements the chattering in the SMC. The stability condition that is based on Lyapunov of the DC motor is driven is evaluated; besides, the stability margins are calculated. The proposed controller is designed using co-simulation and a real testbed since co-simulation is an extremely useful tool in academia and industry allows to move from co-simulation to real implementation in short period of time. Moreover, there are several universities and industries that adopt co-simulation as the main step to design prototypes. Thus, engineering students and designers are able to achieve excellent results when they design rapid and functional prototypes. For instance, co-simulation based on Multisim leads to design directly printed circuit boards so engineering students or designers could swiftly get an experimental DC drive. The experimental results using this platform show excellent DC-drive performance when the load torque disturbances are suddenly applied to the system. As a result, the proposed controller based on fuzzy artificial organic and SMC allows for adjusting the command signal that improves the dynamic response in DC drives. The experimental response using the sliding-mode controller with fuzzy artificial organic networks is compared against an auto-tuning, Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID), which is a conventional controller. The PID controller is the most implemented controller in several industries, so this proposal can contribute to improving manufacturing applications, such as micro-computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Moreover, the proposed robust controller achieves a superior-speed response under the whole tested scenarios. Finally, the presented design methodology based on co-simulation could be used by universities and industry for validating and implementing advanced control systems in DC drives.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/12/3091DC drivesco-simulationsliding mode controlfuzzy organic controllerLyapunov stabilityeducational innovation
spellingShingle Pedro Ponce
J. Antonio Rosales
Arturo Molina
Hiram Ponce
Brian MacCleery
Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC Motors
Energies
DC drives
co-simulation
sliding mode control
fuzzy organic controller
Lyapunov stability
educational innovation
title Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC Motors
title_full Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC Motors
title_fullStr Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC Motors
title_full_unstemmed Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC Motors
title_short Designing a Robust Controller Using SMC and Fuzzy Artificial Organic Networks for Brushed DC Motors
title_sort designing a robust controller using smc and fuzzy artificial organic networks for brushed dc motors
topic DC drives
co-simulation
sliding mode control
fuzzy organic controller
Lyapunov stability
educational innovation
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/12/3091
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