Journal Article

·2018

H∞ Controller Design for Magnetically Levitated Steel Plate Conveyance System: Experimental Verification

Ömer Faruk Güney YTU , Mert Sever YTU , Ahmet Fevzi Bozkurt YTU , Kadir Erkan YTU

Abstract

In this paper, an H ∞ controller is designed for disturbance attenuation of magnetically levitated steel plate. The system contains U-type hybrid electromagnet which constructed by using permanent magnet. A detailed model having nonlinear attraction force of a U-shaped hybrid electromagnet is presented and linearized for controller design purpose. Based on the linearized model, the H ∞ controller is designed to minimize air gap variation under unknown loading disturbances. Thereafter, a set of experiments conducted to compare performance of the H ∞ controller with our previously published I-PD controller on the same experimental setup.

Keywords

Controller (irrigation) Electromagnet Set (abstract data type) Magnet Computer science Control theory (sociology) Mechanical engineering Engineering Artificial intelligence Control (management)

Subject Areas

Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics ·Control and Systems Engineering ·Physical Sciences
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