Flatness-based tracking of an electromechanical variable valve timing actuator with disturbance observer feedforward compensation

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 652-663

  Chladny, Ryan R ^a,b   Koch, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Engines; Modeling; Nonlinear control; Observers; Solenoids

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMBUSTION; CONTROL THEORY; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); LANDING; MILITARY DATA PROCESSING; SMOKE; SOLENOIDS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

COMBUSTION GASES; CONTROL METHODOLOGY; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DISTURBANCE OBSERVER (DOB); ENGINE EXHAUST; EXHAUST VALVES; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FEED FORWARD (FF); FEED-BACK SENSORS; FEED-FORWARD COMPENSATION; GAS FORCE; LANDING CONTROL; METHOD OF CHARACTERIZATION (MOC); SOLENOID ACTUATORS; VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (VVT);

GASES;

EID: 46849103591     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2007.912121     Document Type: Article

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