Efficient control system development using real-time virtual hardware-in-the-loop simulation

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhong ◽  
Yi Jin ◽  
Guofu Lian ◽  
Guoliang Ding ◽  
Changan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
System Development ◽  
Hardware In The Loop ◽  
Efficient Control

Travelling and Steering Path Adjustment of Blueberry Harvesters

2011 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Zhi Peng Li ◽  
Dong Sheng Li
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Path Planning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
System Development ◽  
Path Selection ◽  
Ant Colony ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Support ◽  
Virtual Modeling ◽  
Adjustment System

A picking and steering adjustment system for blueberry harvesters has been developed. In this paper, the main hardware and working principles of the system is introduced first, then the application of an ant colony simplification algorithm in the system development is presented. Information of virtual modeling the blueberry plant images and fruit distributions is obtained through the control system which is used as input for the ant colony simplification algorithm calculation. Then results are translated into real-time travelling path planning instructions for the blueberry harvester. The research provided technological and new knowledge support for future investigations into intelligent travelling path selection, thus playing an important role in mechanization and intelligent harvesting processes for blueberry harvesters.

scholarly journals Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for estimating dynamics parameters of vehicle

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Đông Nguyễn Văn
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Vehicle Dynamics ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Dynamical Model ◽  
Hardware In The Loop ◽  
Virtual Sensor ◽  
Virtual Vehicle ◽  
Simulation Results

Information about vehicle dynamics states is indispensable for modern dynamics control system on vehicle today. For economic reasons, a technique called “virtual sensor” which bases on dynamical model of vehicle and an observation algorithm are used to estimate real states of vehicle. In this paper, a system based on Hardware-in-the-loop simulation will be used to estimate the vehicle states in real time. CarSim is a professional software for simulating the dynamics of vehicle which is used as a virtual vehicle in this paper. An observer based on Luen-berge method is developed and implemented by Arduino Mega 2560 board. Matlab/Simulink plays the role of acquistion and data transfer center. The simulation results show the good performance of observer in real time condtion when the estimated values are well converged to real values given by CarSim.

Distributed Network System for Real-Time Model Based Control of Industrial Gas Turbines

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Panov
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Distributed Network ◽  
Hardware In The Loop ◽  
Time Model ◽  
Model Based Control ◽  
Model Based ◽  
On Line ◽  
Dedicated Hardware

This paper describes the development of a distributed network system for real-time model based control of industrial gas turbine engines. Distributed control systems contribute toward improvements in performance, testability, control system maintainability and overall life-cycle cost. The goal of this programme was to offer a modular platform for improved model based control system. Hence, another important aspect of this programme was real-time implementation of non-linear aero-thermal gas turbine models on a dedicated hardware platform. Two typical applications of real-time engine models, namely hardware-in-the-loop simulations and on-line co-simulations, have been considered in this programme. Hardware-in-the-loop platform has been proposed as a transitional architecture, which should lead towards a fully distributed on-line model based control system. Distributed control system architecture offers the possibility of integrating a real-time on-line engine model embedded within a dedicated hardware platform. Real-time executing models use engine operating conditions to generate expected values for measured and non-measured engine parameters. These virtual measurements can be used for the development of model based control methods, which can contribute towards improvements in engine stability, performance and life management. As an illustration of model based control concept, the example of gas turbine transient over-temperature protection is presented in this study.

Decentralized Engine Control System Simulator

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McArthur ◽  
Travis Boehm ◽  
Bobbie Hegwood ◽  
Oran Watts
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Design Method ◽  
System Development ◽  
Engine Control ◽  
Hardware In The Loop ◽  
Design Development ◽  
System Architectures ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Communication Architecture ◽  
Engine Control System

LibertyWorks™ (Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.) is developing an integrated environment for design, development, testing, and integration of current and future decentralized gas turbine engine control systems. This paper serves as a mid-project status update to solicit recommendations from industry and academia on what might be done to make it better, and to give the community a preview. Identified as the Decentralized Engine Control System Simulator (DECSS), this system has the capabilities to support flexible, decentralized control system architectures containing both simulated and physical hardware-in-the-loop control components. Neither the DECSS nor the project developing the DECSS will make a selection of a preferred control system architecture/design method, nor a preferred communication architecture/protocol, but instead will provide a flexible environment for future users to rapidly evaluate potential solutions in a real-time environment with hardware in the loop. This paper describes the DECSS functions, capabilities, organization and how it will be used as a NASA asset for future engine control system development.

Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for a Heave Compensator of an Offshore Support Vessel

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luman Zhao ◽  
Myung-Il Roh ◽  
Seung-Ho Ham
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Programmable Logic ◽  
Hardware In The Loop ◽  
Proportional Integral Derivative ◽  
Plant Model ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
Final Development

Tune and verification of control system algorithms for offshore installation operations involving complex and advanced machinery and difficult due to its safety factor. It may be also very costly or even impossible to establish certain test conditions in the physical process environment of the control system. To solve this problem, the Hardware-In-the-Loop-Simulation (HILS) can be regarded as an effective method for testing the control system prior to its final development. The sophisticated HILS is composed of a control system and a HIL simulator which is a simulation model of the offshore plant developed by software. In this study, we focus on the application of HILS for a heave compensator which is used to keep the position or the lowing speed of a lifting object. This study contains three components. Firstly, a physics-based analysis component is used to develop a simulation model of an offshore plant, that is, a HIL simulator. Secondly, the programmable logic controller (PLC) component, that is a control system, is used to regulate the offshore plant model, including a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) feedback controller which aims to control the position or lowering speed of the lifting object. Thirdly, an interface component is developed to communicate the data between the HIL simulator and the control system in real-time. To evaluate the applicability of HILS for a heave compensator, it was applied to an example of an offshore support vessel (OSV) crane. In order to verify the control system for the crane operation in case of heave stabilization of the lifting object, two simulation processes had been established with both a software PLC (software-in-the-loop) and a hardware PLC (hardware-in-the-loop). HILS makes it possible to test the heave compensator without building costly prototypes and without endangering natural environment.

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