Nonlinear model predictive control of a magnetic levitation system

The paper presents a fast nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) scheme for a magnetic levitation system. A nonlinear dynamical model of the levitation system is derived that additionally captures the inductor current dynamics of the electromagnet in order to achieve a high MPC performance both fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Control engineering practice 2013-09, Vol.21 (9), p.1250-1258
Hauptverfasser: Bächle, Thomas, Hentzelt, Sebastian, Graichen, Knut
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The paper presents a fast nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) scheme for a magnetic levitation system. A nonlinear dynamical model of the levitation system is derived that additionally captures the inductor current dynamics of the electromagnet in order to achieve a high MPC performance both for stabilization and fast setpoint changes of the levitating mass. The optimization algorithm underlying the MPC scheme accounts for control constraints and allows for a time and memory efficient computation of the single iteration. The overall control performance of the levitation system as well as the low computational costs of the MPC scheme is shown both in simulations and experiments with a sampling frequency of 700Hz on a standard dSPACE hardware.
ISSN:0967-0661
1873-6939
DOI:10.1016/j.conengprac.2013.04.009