Sliding mode control of drum water level in an industrial boiler unit with time varying parameters: A comparison with H∞-robust control approach

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1844-1855

  Moradi, Hamed ^a   Saffar Avval, Majid ^a   Bakhtiari Nejad, Firooz ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boiler unit; Drum water level; H control; Parametric uncertainties; Sliding mode; Time varying model

Indexed keywords

BOILER UNITS; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROL EFFORT; CONTROL SIGNAL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; INDUSTRIAL BOILERS; INPUT VARIABLES; MASS RATE; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; OPERATING CONDITION; OUTPUT VARIABLES; OVER-HEATING; PARAMETER MISMATCHES; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; ROBUST SLIDING MODE; ROBUST STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE; SLIDING MODE CONTROLLER; SLIDING MODES; TIME VARYING PARAMETER; TIME-VARYING CHARACTERISTICS; TIME-VARYING MODELS; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BOILERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ROBUST CONTROL; SLIDING MODE CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870429254     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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