Fault tolerant control of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell using Takagi-Sugeno virtual actuators

In this paper, a fault tolerant control (FTC) strategy for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells based on the use of virtual actuators and the Takagi- Sugeno (TS) approach is proposed. The overall solution relies on adding a virtual actuator in the control loop to hide the fault from the control...

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Autores: Rotondo, Damiano|||0000-0002-8855-5582, Nejjari Akhi-Elarab, Fatiha|||0000-0001-9118-632X, Puig Cayuela, Vicenç|||0000-0002-6364-6429
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/90060
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/90060
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jprocont.2016.06.001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Automatic control
Fuel cells
Takagi-Sugeno model
Virtual actuator
Reference model based control
Gain-scheduling
PEM Fuel Cell
LMIs
Control automàtic
Piles de combustible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Automàtica i control
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Sumario:In this paper, a fault tolerant control (FTC) strategy for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells based on the use of virtual actuators and the Takagi- Sugeno (TS) approach is proposed. The overall solution relies on adding a virtual actuator in the control loop to hide the fault from the controller point of view, allowing it to see the same plant as before the fault, such that the stability and some desired performances are preserved. The proposed methodology is based on the use of a reference model, where the resulting nonlinear error model is brought to a Takagi-Sugeno form using a gridding approach. The TS model is suitable for designing a controller using linear matrix inequalities (LMI)-based techniques, such that the resulting closed-loop error system is stable with poles placed in some desired region of the complex plane. Simulation results are used to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.