Speed control of ward leonard layout system using h infinity optimal control

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Speed Control of Ward Leonard Layout System using H 
Optimal Control
Mustefa Jibril1
, Messay Tadese2
, Eliyas Alemayehu Tadese3
1
Msc, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Dire Dawa Institute of Technology, Dire Dawa,
Ethiopia
2
Msc, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Dire Dawa Institute of Technology, Dire Dawa,
Ethiopia
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Msc, Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma, Ethiopia
Abstract
In this paper, modelling designing and simulation of a Ward Leonard layout system is done using
robust control theory. In order to increase the performance of the Ward Leonard layout system
with H  optimal control synthesis and H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controllers
are used. The open loop response of the Ward Leonard layout system shows that the system needs
to be improved. Comparison of the Ward Leonard layout system with H  optimal control
synthesis and H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controllers to track a desired step speed
input have been done. Finally, the comparative simulation results prove the effectiveness of the
proposed Ward Leonard layout system with H  optimal control synthesis controller in improving
the percentage overshoot and the settling time.
Keywords: Ward Leonard layout, H  optimal control synthesis controller, H  optimal control
synthesis via -iteration controller
1. Introduction
Ward Leonard layout, additionally referred to as the Ward Leonard Drive system, become a widely
used DC motor speed manipulate system added by way of Harry Ward Leonard in 1891. It was
applied to railway locomotives utilized in World War I , and become utilized in anti- aircraft radars
in World War II . Connected to automated anti-aircraft gun administrators, the monitoring motion
in two dimensions needed to be extraordinarily smooth and particular. The MIT Radiation
Laboratory decided on Ward-Leonard to equip the well-known radar SCR-584 in 1942. The Ward
Leonard layout become widely used for elevators till thyristor drives have become available inside
the Nineteen Eighties, because it supplied easy velocity control and steady torque. Many Ward
Leonard control structures and versions on them stay in use.
2. Mathematical Modelling of the Ward Leonard layout
The Ward Leonard layout system is shown in Figure 1 below.
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Figure 1 Ward Leonard layout
The equations of the Ward–Leonard layout are as follows. The Kirchhoff’s law of voltages of the
excitation field of the generator G is
 1f
f f f f
di
V R i L
dt
 
The voltage vg of the generator G is proportional to the current if , i.e.,
1g fV K i
The voltage vm of the motor M is proportional to the angular velocity m , i.e.,
2m mV K 
The differential equation for the current ia is
     1 2 2a
g m a g m g m f m
di
R R i L L V V K i K
dt
      
The torque Tm of the motor is proportional to the current ia, i.e.,
3m aT K i
The rotational motion of the rotor is described by
 
2 2
1 1
3
2 2
3m
m L m L m a
dN N
J J B B K i
N dt N


      
                  
Here, Jm is the moment of inertia and Bm the viscosity coefficient of the motor: likewise, for JL
and BL of the load. From the above relations, we can determine the transfer function of the Ward–
Leonard (WL) layout (including the load):
 
 
      
1
1 2
2
2 2
1 1
2 3
2 2
L
WL
f
f f g m g m m L m L
N
K K
N
G s
V s
N N
L s R L L s R R J J s B B K K
N N

 
        
                            
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Where
1
2
y m
N
N
 
The parameters of the system is shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1 System parameter
No Parameter Symbol Value
1 Motor coil inductance mL 18 H
2 Motor coil resistance mR 20 ohm
3 Moment of inertia of the motor mJ 66
4 Damping coefficient of the motor mB 28
3 Moment of inertia of the Load LJ 23
4 Damping coefficient of the Load LB 18
5 Generator Coil inductance gL 16 H
6 Generator coil resistance gR 28 ohm
5 Generator field inductance fL 10 H
6 Generator field resistance fR 18 ohm
7 Generator voltage constant 1K 8
8 Motor voltage constant 2K 16
9 Motor torque constant 3K 18
10 Gear one 1N 64
11 Gear two 2N 32
The transfer function of the system becomes
  3 2
1
209.8 806.7 971 357.8
G s
s s s

  
And the state space representation becomes
 
9.9242 16.1380 5.9529 1
1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 41.6667
x x u
y x
     
   
    
   
   

3. The Proposed Controllers Design2
3.1 H  Optimal Control Synthesis Controller Design

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H  optimal control synthesis solve the small-gain infinity-norm robust control problem; i.e., find
a stabilizing controller F(s) for a system P(s) such that the closed-loop transfer function satisfies
the infinity-norm inequality
  1 1 1 1maxsup 1y u y uT T j 

 
The block diagram of the system with H  optimal control synthesis controller is shown in Figure
2 below
Figure 2 Block diagram of the system with H  optimal control synthesis controller
An important use of the infinity-norm control theory is for direct shaping of closed-loop singular
value Bode plots of control systems. In such cases, the system P(s) will typically be the plant
augmented with suitable loop-shaping filters
The H  optimal control synthesis controller transfer function is
 
3 2
4 3 2
0.269 1.034 1.245 0.4587
3.856 4.669 1.755 0.01709
s s s
s
F
s
s
s s
  
  


3.2 H fOptimal Control Synthesis via -iteration Controller Design
H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration compute the optimal Hcontroller using the loop-
shifting two-Riccati formulae. The output is the optimal “” for which the cost function can achieve
under a preset tolerance.
 
 
1 1
1 1
min ,;
1
,;
y u
y u
T ga d
T otherind


 
 
  
The search of optimal stops whenever the relative error between two adjacent stable solutions
is less than the tolerance specified. For most practical purposes, the tolerance can be set at 0.01 or
0.001. The block diagram of the system with H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration
controller is shown in Figure 3 below

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Figure 3 Block diagram of the system with H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration
controller
The H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controller transfer function is
 
3 2
4 3 2
0.2585 0.9939 1.196 0.4408
3.856 4.669 1.755 0.01709
G s
s s s
s s s s
  
   

4. Result and Discussion
4.1 Ward Leonard layout System Open Loop Response
The Simulink model of the open loop Ward Leonard layout system and the simulation result of the
system for a constant field voltage input of 100 volt is shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5 respectively.
Figure 4 Simulink model of the open loop of Ward Leonard layout system

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Figure 5 Simulation result
The simulation result shows that the Ward Leonard layout output speed is 0.75 rad/sec which needs
a performance improvement.
4.2 Comparison of the Proposed Controllers for Tracking a Desired Step Speed
The Simulink model of the Ward Leonard layout system with H  optimal control synthesis and
H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controllers are shown in Figure 6 below
Figure 6 Simulink model of the Ward Leonard layout system with H  optimal control synthesis
and H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controllers
The simulation result of the Ward Leonard layout system with H  optimal control synthesis and
H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controllers for tracking a desired step speed (from 0
to 55 rad/sec) input is shown in Figure 7 below.

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Figure 7 Simulation result
The performance data of the rise time, percentage overshoot, settling time and peak value is shown
in Table 2.
Table 2 Step response data
No Performance Data H  optimal H  optimal via -iteration
1 Rise time 3.8 sec 3.8 sec
2 Per. overshoot 3.63 % 21.8 %
3 Settling time 8 sec 26 sec
4 Peak value 57 rad/sec 67 ad/sec
5. Conclusion
In this paper, a Ward Leonard layout system is designed using a DC motor generator combination.
In order to improve the performance of the system, a robust control technique with H  optimal
control synthesis and H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controllers are used. The open
loop response of the system shows that the system needs improvement. The comparison of the
proposed controllers is done to track a desired step speed and the results proves that the system
with H  optimal control synthesis controller improves the settling time and the percentage
overshoot than the system with H  optimal control synthesis via -iteration controller.
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