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  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
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Application of Predictive Feedforward Compensator to Microalgae Production in a Raceway Reactor: A Simulation Study

  • Andrzej Pawłowski,
  • José Luis Guzmán,
  • Manuel Berenguel,
  • Francisco G. Acíen and
  • Sebastián Dormido

4 January 2018

In this work, the evaluation of a predictive feedforward compensator is provided in order to highlight its most important advantages and drawbacks. The analyzed technique has been applied to microalgae production process in a raceway photobioreactor....

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,632 Views
21 Pages

12 September 2018

The friction interference in the pneumatic rotary actuator is the primary factor affecting the position accuracy of a pneumatic rotary actuator servo system. The paper proposes an evolutionary algorithm-based friction-forward compensation control arc...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,648 Views
18 Pages

Rotary Blood Pump (RBP) is a commonly used ventricular assist device. However, the constant speed operation of the blood pump leads to a reduction of blood flow pulsatility, which triggers a series of adverse reactions. In this paper, a pulsatile phy...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Engineering and Technology)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,752 Views
20 Pages

Measurable Disturbances Compensation: Analysis and Tuning of Feedforward Techniques for Dead-Time Processes

  • Andrzej Pawlowski,
  • Carlos Rodríguez,
  • José Luis Guzmán,
  • Manuel Berenguel and
  • Sebastián Dormido

12 April 2016

In this paper, measurable disturbance compensation techniques are analyzed, focusing the problem on the input-output and disturbance-output time delays. The feedforward compensation method is evaluated for the common structures that appear between th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,022 Views
19 Pages

13 October 2018

A single piezoelectric patch can be used as both a sensor and an actuator by means of the self-sensing piezoelectric actuator, and the function of self-sensing shows several advantages in many application fields. However, some problems exist in pract...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Piezoelectric Transducers: Advances in Structural Health Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,802 Views
12 Pages

23 May 2019

In the open channel control algorithm, good feed-forward controllers will reduce the transition time of the canal and improve performance. Feedforward control algorithms based on active storage compensation are greatly affected by delay time. However...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Hydraulics Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,664 Views
20 Pages

Sliding Mode Control with Feedforward Compensation for a Soft Manipulator That Considers Environment Contact Constraints

  • Yinglong Chen,
  • Qiang Sun,
  • Jia Wang,
  • Junhao Zhang and ,
  • Pengyu Zhao and
  • Yongjun Gong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Soft manipulators have desirable environmental compatibility because of their pliability. However, this pliability also brings challenges to modeling and control when considering contact or collision with the environment. In previous work, we establi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology and Equipment for Underwater Robots)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,011 Views
25 Pages

A New Motion Tracking Controller with Feedforward Compensation for Robot Manipulators Based on Sectorial Fuzzy Control and Adaptive Neural Networks

  • Andres Pizarro-Lerma,
  • Victor Santibañez,
  • Ramon Garcia-Hernandez,
  • Jorge Villalobos-Chin and
  • Javier Moreno-Valenzuela

16 March 2025

A novel trajectory tracking control approach for robot manipulators that uses adaptive neural network feedforward compensation plus a sectorial fuzzy controller is presented. We conduct simulation and real-time experiments comparing it with two previ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Modeling, Control and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,307 Views
18 Pages

13 February 2025

This paper proposes a control method for the voltage stability of DC microgrid buses based on a disturbance estimation feedforward compensation strategy, aiming to enhance the dynamic response characteristics of the system. A nonlinear disturbance ob...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Intelligent Microgrid Operation and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,425 Views
18 Pages

Railway static power conditioners (RPC) usually improve the power quality of traction power supply systems only according to the active power of the load, which leads to inaccurate compensation. There are two factors that restrict the performance of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Railway Traction Power Supply)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,902 Views
16 Pages

Virtual Admittance Feedforward Compensation and Phase Correction for Average-Current-Mode-Controlled Totem-Pole PFC Converters

  • Hongkai He,
  • Desheng Zhang,
  • Aosong Zhou,
  • Fanwu Zhang and ,
  • Xuecheng Zou,
  • Jun Yuan and
  • Meng Wei
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

22 August 2023

This paper explores a current distortion problem in totem-pole bridgeless power factor correction (PFC) converters with average current mode (ACM) control. With in-depth modeling for the current and voltage loops, it was found that the current distor...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,717 Views
18 Pages

25 April 2025

Cable-driven actuators (CDAs) are extensively used in the rehabilitation field because of advantages such as low moment of inertia, fast movement response, and intrinsic flexibility. Accurate control of cable force is essential for achieving precise...

(This article belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
135 Views
24 Pages

23 October 2026

Stable standing on moving decks is a prerequisite for humanoid robots to perform inspection and intervention in maritime environments. A key challenge is to translate anticipated support surface motion into coordinated joint corrections while retaini...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,499 Views
15 Pages

27 November 2024

Considering the complexity and difficulty of obtaining certain parameters in the electro-hydraulic proportional control system, a precise transfer function of the system was derived through parameter identification using experimental data obtained fr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Key Technologies in Intelligent Mining Equipment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
752 Views
37 Pages

Transient extrusion defects are a fundamental process control challenge in fused granular fabrication (FGF), arising from the finite melt pressurization time of screw-driven extruders at each start–stop event. This study presents an integrated...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Polymer Composite Additive Manufacturing: Design, Technologies, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,935 Views
16 Pages

6 June 2018

In a DC distribution system configured by AC/DC power conversion system (PCS), the voltage control performance of the AC/DC PCS determines the stability and reliability of the DC distribution grid. The DC voltage of grid is maintained by capacitor, t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Electronics 2018)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,717 Views
14 Pages

21 February 2022

The fast tool servo (FTS) control strategy is the control core of high-speed noncircular turning. This method should ensure high-speed and precision positioning and have the corresponding anti-interference ability in the micro-stroke motion with dyna...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ultra-Precision Manufacturing Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,620 Views
23 Pages

27 August 2025

In high-precision fields such as advanced manufacturing, semiconductor processing, aerospace assembly, and precision machining, motion control systems often face challenges such as large tracking errors and low control efficiency due to complex dynam...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things for Intelligent Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,370 Views
24 Pages

12 December 2012

The magnetically suspended Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) has the advantages of long-life, micro-vibration and being non-lubricating, and is the ideal actuator for agile maneuver satellite attitude control. However, the stability of the rotor in magn...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,242 Views
31 Pages

30 December 2023

This paper presents a low-voltage CMOS four-stage amplifier operating in the subthreshold region. The first design technique includes the cross-feedforward positive feedback frequency compensation (CFPFC) for obtaining better bandwidth efficiency in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
94 Views
20 Pages

Hydraulic Coupling Suppression Control Method for Complex Hydraulic Systems Based on Feedforward Synergetic Compensation of Guide Vane Opening

  • Yong Zhao,
  • Fangfang Wang,
  • Hongyue Zhen,
  • Ke Zuo and ,
  • Manguo Zhou and
  • Yun Zeng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

31 October 2026

With the increasing scale of cross-basin hydraulic engineering and cascaded hydropower stations, hydraulic systems exhibit complex characteristics such as long-distance, nonlinear, and multivariable coupling. The dynamic interaction among hydraulic p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Modeling, Operation, and Control of Sustainable Energy Systems—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,192 Views
23 Pages

23 August 2021

The shunt active power filter (SAPF) is a widely used tool for compensation of disturbances in three-phase electric power systems. A high number of control methods have been successfully developed, including strategies based on artificial neural netw...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,715 Views
17 Pages

4 January 2023

A feedforward strap-down control with a compensator base on the linear extended state observer (LESO) is proposed for a miniaturized camera stabilized platform, which reduces the influence of the dead zone in speed regulation and uncertainties in par...

(This article belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,632 Views
29 Pages

The dynamic error is the dominant factor affecting multi-axis CNC machining accuracy. Predicting and compensating for dynamic errors is vital in high-speed machining. This paper proposes a novel prediction-model-based approach to predict and compensa...

(This article belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,827 Views
14 Pages

A Compound Control Based on the Piezo-Actuated Stage with Bouc–Wen Model

  • Jiwen Fang,
  • Jia Wang,
  • Chong Li,
  • Wei Zhong and
  • Zhili Long

7 December 2019

The piezoelectric actuator (PA) is one of the most commonly used actuators in a micro-positioning stage. But its hysteresis non-linearity can cause error in the piezo-actuated stage. A modified Bouc–Wen model is presented in this paper to descr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,665 Views
18 Pages

Current Harmonic Suppression Algorithm for Asymmetric Dual Three-Phase PMSM

  • Zhihong Wu,
  • Weisong Gu,
  • Ke Lu,
  • Yuan Zhu and
  • Jianbin Guan

2 February 2020

Based on the vector space decomposition (VSD) transformation, the currents of an asymmetric dual three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (ADT-PMSM) with isolated neutral points are decoupled into the torque, producing α-ß component...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,948 Views
19 Pages

11 April 2019

Finite control set-model predictive torque control (FCS-MPTC) depends on the system parameters and the weight coefficients setting. At the same time, since the actual load disturbance is unavoidable, the model parameters are not matched, and there is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
154 Views
34 Pages

27 October 2026

Symmetrical back-to-back electric drive test benches provide compact and cost-effective infrastructure for automotive drivetrain testing. Still, their practical use becomes challenging when the tested production drive units are treated as black-box s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
114 Views
22 Pages

4 November 2026

Levitation control of high-speed maglev trains requires accurate state perception and effective suppression of composite disturbances. This paper proposes a composite levitation control strategy combining multi-sensor fusion, intelligent parameter op...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Magnetic Levitation and Actuators Integration: From Fundamental Research to Emerging Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,628 Views
12 Pages

A Compensated Peak Current Mode Control PWM for Primary-Side Controlled Flyback Converters

  • Chia-Hsuan Wu,
  • Guan-Rong Huang,
  • Cheng-Chih Chou,
  • Ching-Ming Lai and
  • Liang-Rui Chen

9 November 2021

In this paper, a feedback compensator (FBC) and a Feedforward compensator (FFC) are proposed to construct a novel compensated peak current mode control pulse width modulation (CPC-PWM) for primary-side controlled flyback converters. Using the propose...

(This article belongs to the Topic Application of Innovative Power Electronic Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,769 Views
40 Pages

Sectorial Fuzzy Controller Plus Feedforward for the Trajectory Tracking of Robotic Arms in Joint Space

  • Andres Pizarro-Lerma,
  • Victor Santibañez,
  • Ramon Garcia-Hernandez and
  • Jorge Villalobos-Chin

15 March 2021

In this paper, we propose a Sectorial Fuzzy Controller (SFC) with a feedforward compensation of the robot dynamics in joint space, evaluated at the desired angular positions, velocities, and accelerations, applied to the trajectory tracking of all re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy and Extension of Fuzzy Theories)
  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Views
23 Pages

8 November 2026

This study presents a model-based feedforward method for reducing velocity errors during the vertical travel of a magnetically coupled wall-climbing robot. Permanent magnets on opposite sides of the wall maintain magnetic coupling, while a spring-pre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics and Control System Design for Robotics: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,697 Views
17 Pages

12 September 2023

High-precision industrial manipulators are essential components in advanced manufacturing. Model-based feedforward is the key to realizing the high-precision control of industrial robot manipulators. However, traditional feedforward control approache...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Optimization and Control of Robotic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
433 Views
34 Pages

11 September 2026

Pneumatic artificial muscles, including McKibben-type actuators, offer high power-to-weight ratio, compliance, and inherent safety, but their nonlinear pressure–contraction behavior, hysteresis, saturation, and load-dependent dynamics make accu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human-Centric Intelligent Actuation Systems: Innovations in Control, Sensing, and Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,944 Views
18 Pages

16 February 2021

Leg capacitor energy balancing control is one of the crucial issues for stable operation of a cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter. Because this topology inherently consists of numerous submodule cells with DC capacitors, the cell voltages and leg capac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
614 Views
22 Pages

Design of Control Strategies for Speed Regulation of Magnetic Reciprocating Engine

  • Raúl Alegría Gómez,
  • Arturo D. Espinosa Pedroza,
  • Jarniel García-Morales,
  • Jesus A. Vazquez Trejo and ,
  • Marisol Cervantes-Bobadilla and
  • Manuel Adam-Medina
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 June 2026

Magnetic reciprocating engines (MREs) offer an emission-free alternative to internal combustion engines; however, their practical implementation requires precise speed regulation, a challenge compounded by coupled electromechanical dynamics and induc...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,155 Views
21 Pages

This paper presents a new dilated linear matrix inequality (LMI) representation to design a state feedback controller and a dynamic feedforward disturbance compensator for linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems. The improved LMIs are convex and finit...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,594 Views
18 Pages

2 March 2020

In microgrids, paralleled converters can increase the system capacity and conversion efficiency but also generate zero-sequence circulating current, which will distort the AC-side current and increase power losses. Studies have shown that, for two pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,648 Views
13 Pages

19 January 2020

This paper deals with the robust control method for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) speed-regulation system based on active disturbance compensation. Different from the classical PMSM disturbance compensation scheme, a novel disturbance fee...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,095 Views
36 Pages

2 September 2025

In this paper, we propose systematic controller design guidelines to ensure both individual vehicle stability and string stability in cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC)-based platoon systems, assuming a homogeneous platoon where all vehicles...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
410 Views
30 Pages

Machine Learning-Based GNSS Positioning Error Compensation for Static Receivers

  • Viorel Carbune,
  • Maria Gutu,
  • Irina Cojuhari,
  • Lilia Rotaru and
  • Vladimir Melnic

5 September 2026

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning accuracy is affected by multiple error sources, including atmospheric delays, multipath propagation, and receiver noise, which can significantly reduce positioning reliability in low-cost receive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Earth Observation by GNSS and GIS Techniques, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,562 Views
16 Pages

4 September 2021

This paper proposes a compensation method for interpolation error of the maximum power control of a PMSM control system that generates current commands through a look-up table. A torque control system using a look-up table created through experiments...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue All-Electric Propulsion Technology for Electrified Aviation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,308 Views
10 Pages

Electric vehicles equipped with in-wheel motors provide packaging, controllability, and drivetrain-simplification advantages; however, the increase in wheel-side unsprung mass can intensify vibration transmission to the chassis, seat, and occupant. T...

(This article belongs to the Section Vehicle Control and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,976 Views
16 Pages

This paper is concerned with control-based damping of friction-induced self-excited oscillations that appear in electromechanical systems with an elastic shaft. This approach does not demand additional oscillations measurements or an observer design....

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,463 Views
26 Pages

6 April 2016

Addressing the simulating issue of the helicopter-manipulating booster aerodynamic load with high-frequency dynamic load superimposed on a large static load, this paper studies the design of the robust controller for the electro-hydraulic loading sys...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligence Computational and Control Approaches for Multi-Physic Coupling Engineering Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
731 Views
21 Pages

Online parameter identification is important for sensorless permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives because motor parameter variation can reduce the accuracy of the controller and observer. However, in the background of sensorless control, t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Electric Motors, Drives, Power Converters and Related Systems, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,168 Views
17 Pages

Improved Active Disturbance Rejection Speed Tracking Control for High-Speed Trains Based on SBWO Algorithm

  • Chuanfang Xu,
  • Chengyu Zhang,
  • Mingxia Xu,
  • Jiaqing Chen and ,
  • Longda Wang and
  • Zhaoyu Han
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 September 2025

To address the problems of random noise interference, inadequate disturbance estimation and compensation, and the difficulty in controller parameter tuning in speed tracking control of high-speed trains, an improved Active Disturbance Rejection Contr...

(This article belongs to the Topic Optimization Control and Fault Diagnosis of Intelligent Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,488 Views
14 Pages

26 July 2023

The output active power of a grid-connected inverter controlled by a traditional virtual synchronous generator (VSG) has the problems of oscillation and steady-state errors. A VSG control strategy based on improved damping and angular frequency devia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Methods in Energy Storage Systems and Other Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,146 Views
16 Pages

8 April 2026

Nonlinear friction in the mechanical transmission system of machine tools induces transient stagnation of the feed axis as its velocity crosses zero, thereby giving rise to contouring errors in multi-axis machining and significantly degrading machini...

(This article belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,780 Views
17 Pages

A Generalized Fault Tolerant Control Based on Back EMF Feedforward Compensation: Derivation and Application on Induction Motors Drives

  • Mahdi Tousizadeh,
  • Amirmehdi Yazdani,
  • Hang Seng Che,
  • Hai Wang and ,
  • Amin Mahmoudi and
  • Nasrudin Abd Rahim
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 December 2022

In this paper, a fault-tolerant three-phase induction drive based on field-oriented control is studied, and an analytical approach is proposed to elucidate the limitations of FOC in flux-torque regulation from the controller perspective. With an open...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Early Detection of Faults in Induction Motors)

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