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Area of Science:

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Control Systems Theory
  • Power Electronics

Background:

  • DC/DC buck converters (DBCs) require stable and accurate output voltage for reliable operation.
  • Lumped disturbances can significantly impact DBC performance and stability.
  • Existing control methods may not adequately address these challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and validate an observer-based adaptive command-filtered controller for DBC systems.
  • To mitigate the effects of lumped disturbances on output voltage regulation.
  • To improve the tracking performance and stability of DBCs.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a mathematical model for DBCs based on switching modes.
  • Design of a simplified extended state observer (SESO) to estimate and compensate for lumped disturbances.
  • Synthesis of a command filter technique with an adaptive law for enhanced voltage regulation.
  • Stability analysis using the Lyapunov principle.

Main Results:

  • The proposed controller demonstrated significant improvements in tracking performance.
  • Simulations showed improvements of 96.1% and 77.8% under sinusoidal reference trajectories.
  • Experiments confirmed substantial performance gains of 84.4% and 49.1%.

Conclusions:

  • The observer-based adaptive command-filtered controller effectively enhances DBC performance.
  • The method provides robust voltage regulation in the presence of lumped disturbances.
  • Validated through simulations and experiments, the approach offers a superior solution for DBC control.