This paper describes a design of the position-current mode switching controller to carry out the EGR valve both end limit positions learning algorithm. The purpose of this algorithm is to know the travel range of the valve.
The mode switching contro...
This paper describes a design of the position-current mode switching controller to carry out the EGR valve both end limit positions learning algorithm. The purpose of this algorithm is to know the travel range of the valve.
The mode switching controller is the multi-controller system which chooses a controller to use among controllers which are designed by multiple purposes. But the mode switching controller can’t switch mode softly. The output of a controller which is using is different from other controllers which are not using. So, there is a jump on plant input. This phenomenon is called bump transfer. Because of a bump transfer, a controller can’t control a plant for a short time after mode switching and switch other mode softly.
In this paper, the position-current mode switching controllers which use state-succession method and conditioned transfer to avoid the side effect of bump transfer are developed. The state-succession method is that a controller which will be used next mode succeed the state of the controller which is using now. And the conditioned transfer is based on the back calculation scheme which is one of the anti-windup schemes. This method controls the state of the integral controller by using the plant input and the controller output to switch next mode softly.
Using the designed position-current mode switching controller and a position-current mode switching controller which applies for a bump transfer, the learning algorithm is carried out and compared in terms of rise time, settling time, steady state error, bump size. The comparison results show that bump transfer can’t switch mode from position control mode to current control mode softly. On the other hand, the state succession method and conditioned transfer can switch mode softly and show similar performance in terms of rise time, settling time. Especially, the conditioned transfer shows better performance in terms of settling time.