A Novel DSP-Based MPPT Control Design for Photovoltaic Systems Using Neural Network Compensator

In this study, based on the slope of power versus voltage, a novel maximum-power-point tracking algorithm using a neural network compensator was proposed and implemented on a TI TMS320F28335 digital signal processing chip, which can easily process the input signals conversion and the complex floating-point computation on the neural network of the proposed control scheme. Because the output power of the photovoltaic system is a function of the solar irradiation, cell temperature, and characteristics of the photovoltaic array, the analytic solution for obtaining the maximum power is difficult to obtain due to its complexity, nonlinearity, and uncertainties of parameters. The innovation of this work is to obtain the maximum power of the photovoltaic system using a neural network with the idea of transferring the maximum-power-point tracking problem into a proportional-integral current control problem despite the variation in solar irradiation, cell temperature, and the electrical load characteristics. The current controller parameters are determined via a genetic algorithm for finding the controller parameters by the minimization of a complicatedly nonlinear performance index function. The experimental result shows the output power of the photovoltaic system, which consists of the series connection of two 155-W TYN-155S5 modules, is 267.42 W at certain solar irradiation and ambient temperature. From the simulation and experimental results, the validity of the proposed controller was verified.

Nonlinearity Correction in Dynamic Measuring Devices Using Neural Network Models

A neural network compensator for the nonlinearity of a dynamic measuring instrument is proposed, which allows restoring the value of the measured input signal. The inverse model of a nonlinear dynamic measuring device is implemented based on a three-layer perceptron supplemented by delay lines of input signals. The properties of the proposed neural network compensator are studied through simulation computer modelling using various types of calibration input signals for the training of an artificial neural network.

Adaptive control of micro-electro-mechanical system gyroscope using neural network compensator

This article proposes an adaptive control scheme with a neural network compensator for controlling a micro-electro-mechanical system gyroscope with disturbance and model errors. The adaptive neural network compensator is used to compensate the nonlinearities in the system based on its universal approximation and improve tracking performance of the gyroscope. The neural compensator, which is trained online, is combined with adaptive control of the Lyapunov framework system to approach the unknown system disturbance and model errors. The system stability is deduced by the Lyapunov stability theory, and the simulation of the micro-electro-mechanical system gyroscope is carried out on Matlab/Simulink, verifying the superior performance of the neural control compensation method.

Adaptive block compensation trajectory tracking control based on LuGre friction model

Aiming at the problems of modeling error and uncertain external disturbance in the multi-joint robot control model, an adaptive block compensation trajectory tracking controller based on LuGre friction model is proposed. Firstly, the algorithm divides the interference term of LuGre friction model into three parts with different physical quantities. Secondly, an adaptive neural network compensator is designed to assess the three parts of the LuGre friction model. Thirdly, a robust sliding mode controller is developed to reduce the influence of these estimation errors of neural network compensator and other uncertain disturbances and ensure that the system converges in a finite time at the same time. Finally, numerical simulations under different input and disturbance signals for the planar multi-joint robot and the inverted pendulum are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller, and the performance of the proposed controller is compared with conventional sliding mode controller to illustrate the usefulness and efficiency of the proposed controller.

Adaptive Backstepping Fuzzy Neural Network Fractional-Order Control of Microgyroscope Using a Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Controller

An adaptive fractional-order nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller for a microgyroscope is presented with uncertainties and external disturbances using a fuzzy neural network compensator based on a backstepping technique. First, the dynamic of the microgyroscope is transformed into an analogical cascade system to guarantee the application of a backstepping design. Then, a fractional-order nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface is designed which provides an additional degree of freedom, higher precision, and finite convergence without a singularity problem. The proposed control scheme requires no prior knowledge of the unknown dynamics of the microgyroscope system since the fuzzy neural network is utilized to approximate the upper bound of the lumped uncertainties and adaptive algorithms are derived to allow online adjustment of the unknown system parameters. The chattering phenomenon can be reduced simultaneously by the fuzzy neural network compensator. The stability and finite time convergence of the system can be established by the Lyapunov stability theorem. Finally, simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller and the comparison of root mean square error between different fractional orders and integer order is given to signify the high precision tracking performance of the proposed control scheme.