Application of Dynamic Hysteresis Band Height Control to Improve Output Voltage Transient in Boost and Positive Buck-Boost Converters

This paper presents dynamic hysteresis band height control to reduce the overshoot and undershoot issue on output voltage caused by load change. The converters in this study are Boost and Positive Buck-Boost (PBB) converters. PBB has been controlled to work in a step up conversion and avoid overshoot when load is changed. Simulation and experimental results have been presented to verify the proposed method.

Improvement of stability and load sharing in an autonomous microgrid using supplementary droop control loop

This paper investigates the problem of appropriate load sharing in an autonomous microgrid. High gain angle droop control ensures proper load sharing, especially under weak system conditions. However it has a negative impact on overall stability. Frequency domain modeling, eigenvalue analysis and time domain simulations are used to demonstrate this conflict. A supplementary loop is proposed around a conventional droop control of each DG converter to stabilize the system while using high angle droop gains. Control loops are based on local power measurement and modulation of the d-axis voltage reference of each converter. Coordinated design of supplementary control loops for each DG is formulated as a parameter optimization problem and solved using an evolutionary technique. The sup-plementary droop control loop is shown to stabilize the system for a range of operating conditions while ensuring satisfactory load sharing.

Height estimation for an autonomous helicopter

Height is a critical variable for helicopter hover control. In this paper we discuss, and present experimental results for, two different height sensing techniques: ultrasonic and stereo imaging, which have complementary characteristics. Feature-based stereo is used which provides a basis for visual odometry and attitude estimation in the future.

Control loop for finding initial translator position of linear synchronous motor

This article presents a simple and reliable method for controlling the relative orientation between the two magnetic fields of a permanent magnet synchronous motor. Finding the initial (at motor powering- up time) value of this relative location is essential for the proper operation of the motor. After showing the system controllability, the utilized feedback control loop finds this initial relative orientation quickly and accurately. Further, using the proposed method allows considerable cost saving, as a transducer that is usually used for this purpose can be eliminated. The cost saving is most obvious in the case of linear motors and angle motors with large diameters. The way the problem is posed is an essential part of this work, and it is the reason behind the apparent simplicity of the solution. The method proposed relies on a single sensor, and it was tested when a relative encoder was used.

Power flow optimization for grid connected inverter using evolutionary algorithm and additional control loop

In this work it is proposed to validate an evolutionary tuning algorithm in plants composed by a grid connected inverter. The optimization aims the tuning of the slopes of P-Ω and Q-V curves so that the system is stable, damped and minimum settling time. Simulation and experimental results are presented to prove the feasibility of the proposed approach. However, experimental results demonstrate a compromising effect of grid frequency oscillations in the active power transferring. In addition, it was proposed an additional loop to compensate this effect ensuring a constant active power flow. © 2011 IEEE.

Il ruolo delle architetture di controllo nella progettazione e sviluppo di applicazioni web: Un confronto fra event-loop e control-loop utilizzando il linguaggio dart e linguaggi agent-oriented

Quando si parla di architetture di controllo in ambito Web, il Modello ad Eventi è indubbiamente quello più diffuso e adottato. L’asincronicità e l’elevata interazione con l’utente sono caratteristiche tipiche delle Web Applications, ed un architettura ad eventi, grazie all’adozione del suo tipico ciclo di controllo chiamato Event Loop, fornisce un'astrazione semplice ma sufficientemente espressiva per soddisfare tali requisiti. La crescita di Internet e delle tecnologie ad esso associate, assieme alle recenti conquiste in ambito di CPU multi-core, ha fornito terreno fertile per lo sviluppo di Web Applications sempre più complesse. Questo aumento di complessità ha portato però alla luce alcuni limiti del modello ad eventi, ancora oggi non del tutto risolti. Con questo lavoro si intende proporre un differente approccio a questa tipologia di problemi, che superi i limiti riscontrati nel modello ad eventi proponendo un architettura diversa, nata in ambito di IA ma che sta guadagno popolarità anche nel general-purpose: il Modello ad Agenti. Le architetture ad agenti adottano un ciclo di controllo simile all’Event Loop del modello ad eventi, ma con alcune profonde differenze: il Control Loop. Lo scopo di questa tesi sarà dunque approfondire le due tipologie di architetture evidenziandone le differenze, mostrando cosa significa affrontare un progetto e lo sviluppo di una Web Applications avendo tecnologie diverse con differenti cicli di controllo, mettendo in luce pregi e difetti dei due approcci.

Height control of self-assembled quantum dots

The capping of epitaxially grown Quantum Dots (QD) is a key process in the fabrication of devices based on these nanostructures because capping can significantly affect the QDs morphology [3]. We have studied the QD morphology after capping in order to better understand the role of the capping process. We have grown real structures and compared the QD morphology obtained by cross-sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (X-STM) with the morphology of QDs that were virtually grown in simulations based on a Kinetic Monte Carlo model (KMC) [1].

Control Loop

Describes project management control loop for managing an MSc dissertation

A TSG101/MDM2 regulatory loop modulates MDM2 degradation and MDM2/p53 feedback control

The p53 tumor suppressor protein and the MDM2 oncoprotein form a feedback-control loop that up-regulates cellular MDM2 production, blocks p53 activity, and promotes p53 decay. tsg101 was discovered as a gene whose deficiency results in neoplastic transformation of NIH 3T3 cells and the ability to generate metastatic tumors in nude mice. Its protein product contains a domain, Ubc, characteristic of the catalytic domain of ubiquitin conjugase (E2) enzymes but lacking an active-site cysteine crucial for ubiquitin conjugase activity. Here we report that TSG101 participates with MDM2 in an autoregulatory loop that modulates the cellular levels of both proteins, and also of p53, by affecting protein decay. We show that the Ubc domain of TSG101 interferes with ubiquitination of MDM2, that TSG101 inhibits MDM2 decay and elevates its steady-state level, and that these events are associated with down-regulation of p53 protein. Conversely, pulse–chase and Western blot experiments in wild-type and mutant fibroblasts indicate that elevation of MDM2 by overexpression of wild-type p53, by amplification of the endogenous MDM2 gene, or by transfection of MDM2-expressing constructs promotes TSG101 loss, which we show occurs by 26S proteasome-dependent decay. Our results identify TSG101 as both a regulator of, and target of, MDM2/p53 circuitry.

Cross voltage control with inner hysteresis current control for multi-output boost converter

Multi-output boost (MOB) converter is a novel DC-DC converter unlike the regular boost converter, has the ability to share its total output voltage and to have different series output voltage from a given duty cycle for low and high power applications. In this paper, discrete voltage control with inner hysteresis current control loop has been proposed to keep the simplicity of the control law for the double-output MOB converter, which can be implemented by a combination of analogue and logical ICs or simple microcontroller to constrain the output voltages of MOB converter at their reference voltages against variation in load or input voltage. The salient features of the proposed control strategy are simplicity of implementation and ease to extend to multiple outputs in the MOB converter. Simulation and experimental results are presented to show the validity of control strategy.

Fuzzy associative memory for humanoid robot joint control

Traditional approaches to joint control required accurate modelling of the system dynamic of the plant in question. Fuzzy Associative Memory (FAM) control schemes allow adequate control without a model of the system to be controlled. This paper presents a FAM based joint controller implemented on a humanoid robot. An empirically tuned PI velocity control loop is augmented with this feed forward FAM, with considerable reduction in joint position error achieved online and with minimal additional computational overhead.