Physical Modelling and Estimator-Based Control as Basis of Energy-Efficient Actuators
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825).
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Interests: control systems; mechatronics; actuators; engines control; signal processing; wavelets; Kalman filter; optimal energy control
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Interests: mechatronics; physical modelling; nonlinear control and estimation; optimization
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Dear Colleagues,
It is well known that energy considerations play an important role both in physical modelling and feedback control design of dynamical systems.
The consideration of energy flows is extremely important in the model-based design of actuators in terms of their energy efficiency and their performance. In fact, by taking the intrinsic physical couplings into account, such as in:
- electromagnetic systems
- piezo-electric systems
- Peltier elements
- fluidic actuator-like pneumatic muscles.
More compact actuator designs and energy-efficient control strategies with increased performance become possible.
This call aims at collecting contributions related to the design and feedback control of actuators in any field of applications, where the physical couplings are exploited to obtain more efficient, highly compact and innovative devices. The call is mainly focused on, but not limited to, the following fields:
- Electromagnetic actuators: innovative designs, model-based optimization and observer-based control using the back-electromotiveforce (bemf)
- Concept and control of devices using Eddy current effects in order to recover energy
- Use of Seebeck-Peltier effects to obtain efficient thermal actuators and corresponding control algorithms
- Piezo-electric system using the back-electro charge force (becf) in control and estimation
- Innovative fluidic actuators in combination with observer-based control.
Moreover, the call also addresses self-sensing effects in feedback-controlled actuators that are implemented by using state and disturbance observers, Kalman Filters or similar estimator structures.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paolo Mercorelli
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Aschemann
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Efficient control and estimation schemes for electromagnetic, piezo-electric, thermal and fluidic actuators
- Efficient model-based design of actuators
- Eddy current control
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