A laboratory-level control experiment for introducing predictive control to undergraduates

作者：Hedjar Ramdane^*

来源：International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 2014, 51(1): 27-42.

DOI：10.7227/IJEEE.51.1.3

• identification
• predictive control
• robustness
• Simulink
• water level system

This paper deals with a simple robust nonlinear control of a liquid-level system. The controller is based on one-step-ahead continuous time minimization of the predicted tracking error. We show different steps for complete engineering design from modeling and identification to real-time implementation of the control algorithm. Simulations are performed to check the tracking performance of the controller. To validate the simulation results, the control algorithm is implemented in real-time to control the liquid-level system. This laboratory experiment is being implemented at King Saud University. During their classes, students learn how to use the nonlinear model of the liquid-level system to design a simple and robust controller that achieves the desired tracking performance both in simulation and in real-time implementation.

• 出版日期2014-1