NonlinearBook10pt November 20, 2007
OPTIMAL INTEGRATOR BACKSTEPPING CONTROL 587
nonnegative constant c
3
. This illustrates the flexibility available in choosing
L
2
(A, Φ
s
, Ψ
s
) in the control law. In the special case
ˆ
P =
1
2
, ε = 0, c
3
= 0,
and R
2
= 1/c
2
this control law specializes to the controller given in [247].
However, when ε vanishes the positive definiteness of the Lyapunov fu nction
(9.205) over the whole state space is destroyed, and hence, the optimality
claims of Theorem 9.1 cannot be made for the controller given in [247].
Whereas by varying ε, c
3
, and
ˆ
P in the control law (9.210), we can generate
a family of controllers w hich guarantee global asymptotic stability and global
optimality with respect to the performance functional (9.206).
Using the initial conditions A
0
= 0.5, Φ
s
0
= 0, Ψ
s
0
= 0, and parameter
values Ψ
C0
= 0.72, σ = 3.6, β = 0.356, with
ˆ
P = 2.5, R
2
= 1, ε = 0.0625,
and c
3
= 0.25 the inverse optimal control law (9.210) and the controller
given in [247] (with c
1
= c
2
= 1) were used to compare the closed-loop
system response. The squared stall cell amplitude responses for the two
controllers are compared in Figure 9.4, the compressor fl ow and pr essure
rise responses are compared in Figures 9.5 and 9.6, and the control efforts
are compared in Figures 9.7 and 9.8. In Figure 9.9 a phase portrait is
given comparing the overall s y s tem state trajectories for the two controllers.
This comparison illustrates that the present framework allows the control
designer to improve both the state response and the control effort using the
state weights of the Lyapunov function,
ˆ
P and ε, and the control weight
of the performance functional, R
2
. Furthermore, the trade-off between
achievable state response and allowable control effort is characterized by the
performance functional (9.206). Finally, Figure 9.10 shows the compressor
pressure-flow performance map parameterized as a function of the throttle
opening which constitutes a coexistent set of stable and unstable equilibria.
The controlled globally s table equilibrium point (0, 1, 2.72) correspond s to
the m aximum pressur e performance for the given compressor speed.
9.7 Surge Control for Centrifugal Co mpressors
While the literature on modeling and control of compression systems
predominantly focuses on axial flow compression systems, the research
literature on centrifugal flow compression systems is rather limited in
comparison. Notable exceptions include [21,113,119,138,184,223,357] which
address mod eling and control of centrifugal compressors. In contrast to axial
flow compression systems involving the aerodynamic instabilities of rotating
stall and surge, a common feature of [21, 113, 119, 138, 184, 223, 357] is the
realization that surge (and deep surge) is the pr ed omin ant aerodynamic
instability arising in centrifugal compression systems.
To address the problem of nonlinear stabilization for centrifugal
compression systems we consider the basic centrifugal compression sys tem