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Funnel control achieves output tracking with guaranteed tracking performance for unknown systems and arbitrary reference signals. In particular, the tracking error is guaranteed to satisfy time-varying error bounds for all times (it evolves in the funnel). However, convergence to zero cannot be guaranteed, but the error often stays close to the funnel boundary, inducing a comparatively large feedback gain. This has several disadvantages (e.g. poor tracking performance and sensitivity to noise due to the underlying high-gain feedback principle). In this paper, therefore, the usually known reference signal is taken into account during funnel controller design, i.e. we propose to combine the well-known internal model principle with funnel control. We focus on linear systems with linear reference internal models and show that under mild adjustments of funnel control, we can achieve asymptotic tracking for a whole class of linear systems (i.e. without relying on the knowledge of system parameters).

In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a current controller for a reluctance synchronous machine based on continuous set nonlinear model predictive control. A computationally efficient grey box model of the flux linkage map is employed in a tracking formulation which is implemented using the high-performance framework for nonlinear model predictive control acados. The resulting controller is validated in simulation and deployed on a dSPACE real-time system connected to a physical reluctance synchronous machine. Experimental results are presented where the proposed implementation can reach sampling times in the range typical for electrical drives and can achieve large improvements in terms of control performance with respect to state-of-the-art classical control strategies.

This paper proposes modified Second-Order Generalized Integrators (mSOGIs) for a fast estimation of all harmonic components of arbitrarily distorted single-phase signals such as voltages or currents in power systems. The estimation is based on the internal model principle leading to an overall observer system consisting of parallelized mSOGIs. The observer is tuned by pole placement. For a constant fundamental frequency, the observer is capable of estimating all harmonic components with prescribed settling time by choosing the observer poles appropriately. For time-varying fundamental frequencies, the harmonic estimation is combined with a modified Frequency Locked Loop (mFLL) with gain normalization, sign-correct anti-windup and rate limitation. The estimation performances of the proposed parallelized mSOGIs with and without mFLL are illustrated and validated by measurement results. The results are compared to standard approaches such as parallelized standard SOGIs (sSOGIs) and adaptive notch filters (ANFs)., Comment: 30 pages, 15 figures

This paper proposes an advanced machine identification method for inverter fed squirrel-cage induction machines, based on steady-state measurements in the rotor flux oriented dq-reference frame. The measured machine maps are used to extract maximum efficiency per torque (MEPT) look-up tables, which guarantee the maximum achievable efficiency in every operating point. Furthermore, it is shown, that comparable results can be achieved, even without a torque sensor. The main advantage of the described method is its generality, which implicitly covers magnetic saturation, iron losses and other nonlinear effects that are typically neglected or approximated by complex models. Finally, the efficiencies of V/Hz and field-oriented control (FOC) are calculated for different speeds and load torques, allowing for quantitative assessment and comparison of both methods.

A speed-sensorless state feedback controller for induction machines (IMs) with LC filter is proposed. The estimation of speed and remaining states is based on a speed-adaptive observer, requiring only the measurement of the filter input currents. The motor currents are controlled by a state-feedback controller with proportional and integral control action to achieve fast and asymptotic set point tracking. Observer \emph{and} controller gains are calculated offline using linear quadratic regulator (LQR) theory and updated online (gain-scheduling), in order to guarantee stability and improve control performance in the whole operation range. The proposed control scheme is validated by simulation and experimental results including several zero-crossings of the mechanical speed. It is shown that the overall control system performs well under various load- and speed conditions; while its tuning remains easy making it attractive also for industrial application.

Wind energy is an integral part of nowadays energy supply and one of the fastest growing sources of electricity in the world today. Accurate models for wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) are of key interest for the analysis and control design of present and future energy systems. Existing control-oriented WECSs models are subject to unstructured simplifications, which have not been discussed in literature so far. Thus, this technical note presents are thorough derivation of a physical state-space model for permanent magnet synchronous generator WECSs. The physical model considers all dynamic effects that significantly influence the system's power output, including the switching of the power electronics. Alternatively, the model is formulated in the $(a,b,c)$- and $(d,q)$-reference frame. Secondly, a complete control and operation management system for the wind regimes II and III and the transition between the regimes is presented. The control takes practical effects such as input saturation and integral windup into account. Thirdly, by a structured model reduction procedure, two state-space models of WECS with reduced complexity are derived: a non-switching model and a non-switching reduced-order model. The validity of the models is illustrated and compared through a numerical simulation study., Comment: 23 pages, 11 figures

The mathematical modeling of open-switch faults in two-level machine-side converters and the fault-tolerant current control of isotropic permanent-magnet synchronous generators are discussed. The proposed converter model is generic for any open-switch fault and independent of the operation mode of the electrical machine. The proposed fault-tolerant current control system gives improved control performance and reduced torque ripple under open-switch faults by (i) modifying the anti-windup strategy, (ii) adapting the space-vector modulation scheme and (iii) by injecting additional reference currents. The theoretical derivations of model and control are validated by comparative simulation and measurement results., Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures

This chapter provides an introduction to the modeling and control of power generation from wind turbine systems. In modeling, the focus is on the electrical components: electrical machine (e.g. permanent-magnet synchronous generators), back-to-back converter (consisting of machine-side and grid-side converter sharing a common DC-link), mains filters and ideal (balanced) power grid. The aerodynamics and the torque generation of the wind turbine are explained in simplified terms using a so-called power coefficient. The overall control system is considered. In particular, the phase-locked loop system for grid-side voltage orientation, the nonlinear speed control system for the generator (and turbine), and the non-minimum phase DC-link voltage control system are discussed in detail; based on a brief derivation of the underlying machine-side and grid-side current control systems. With the help of the power balance of the wind turbine, the operation management and the control of the power flow are explained. Concluding simulation results illustrate the overall system behavior of a controlled wind turbine with a permanent-magnet synchronous generator., Comment: 75 pages, 46 figures, 5 tables, English translation of book chapter "Modellierung und Regelung von modernen Windkraftanlagen: Eine Einf\"uhrung", pp. 1540-1614 in Dierk Schr\"oder, "Elektrische Antriebe - Regelung von Antriebssystemen", Springer-Vieweg, 2015

The optimal feedforward torque control problem is tackled and solved analytically for synchronous machines while stator resistance and cross-coupling inductance are explicitly considered. Analytical solutions for the direct and quadrature optimal reference currents are found for all major operation strategies such as Maximum Torque per Current (MTPC) (or often called as Maximum Torque per Ampere (MTPA)), Maximum Current (MC), Field Weakening (FW), Maximum Torque per Voltage (MTPV) and Maximum Torque per Flux (MTPF). Numerical methods (approximating the optimal solutions only) or simplifying assumptions (neglecting stator resistance and/or cross-coupling inductance) are no longer necessary. The presented results are based on one simple idea: all optimization problems (e.g. MTPC, MTPV or MTPF) with their respective constraints (e.g. current or voltage limit) and the computation of the intersection point(s) of voltage ellipse, current circle, or torque, MTPC, MTPV and MTPF hyperbolas are reformulated implicitly as quadrics (quadratic surfaces) which allow to solve the feedforward torque control problem by invoking the Lagrangian formalism and by finding the roots of a fourth-order polynomial analytically. The proposed solutions are applicable to any anisotropic (or isotropic) synchronous machine independent of the underlying current control strategy., Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures

It is shown that proportional-integral (PI) control in the synchronously rotating (d, q)-reference frame and proportional-resonant (PR) control in the stationary ({\alpha}, \b{eta})-reference frame, both with anti-windup, are equivalent if and only if their implementation is done correctly in state space and the controller parameters and the initial values are identical. It is shown that an equivalence in the frequency domain does only hold if simplifying assumptions are satisfied. As consequence of the equivalence, both closed- loop control performances are identical with respect to closed-loop dynamics and steady-state accuracy. The control performance will only differ if their implementation is not done correctly or the time delay induced by the voltage source inverter becomes significant. To the best knowledge of the author, equivalence of PR and PI controllers with anti-windup has not been shown before (in particular not in state space)., Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures (4 sub-figures)

We discuss non-ideal torque control in wind turbine systems (WTS). Most high-level controllers generate a reference torque which is then send to the underlying electrical drive system (generator+inverter) of the WTS to steer the turbine/generator to its optimal operation point (depending on the wind speed). The energy production heavily depends on the mechanical power (i.e. the product of rotational speed and generator torque). However, since torque sensors in the MW range are not available or extremely expensive, the torque controllers are implemented as feedforward controllers and, therefore, are inherently sensitive to parameter variations/uncertainties. Based on real wind data and a dynamical WTS model, we discuss causes and impacts of non-ideal (feedforward) torque control on the energy production and the gross earnings., Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures