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We study the problem of \textit{safe control of linear dynamical systems corrupted with non-stochastic noise}, and provide an algorithm that guarantees (i) zero constraint violation of convex time-varying constraints, and (ii) bounded…
STATCOMs is used widely in power systems these days. Traditionally, this converter was controlled using a double-loop control or Direct Output Voltage (DOV) controller. But DOV controller do not function properly during a three-phase fault…
In this paper, a dynamic antiwindup compensator design is proposed which augments the main controller and guarantees robust performance in the event of input saturation. This is a two stage process in which first a robust optimal controller…
This paper analyses and synthesises the Disturbance Observer (DOb) based motion control systems in the discrete-time domain. By employing Bode Integral Theorem, it is shown that continuous-time analysis methods fall-short in explaining the…
In the literature, when optimizing the sizing and operation of a residential PV system in combination with a battery energy storage system, the efficiency of the battery and the converter is generally assumed constant, which corresponds to…
In this paper, a novel convexification approach for Small-Signal Stability Constraint Optimal Power Flow (SSSC-OPF) has been presented that does not rely on eigenvalue analysis. The proposed methodology is based on the sufficient condition…
Input current estimation is indispensable in the sensorless control algorithms for the problem of power factor compensation (PFC) of an AC-DC boost converter. The system estimator design is challenged by the bilinear form dynamics and…
This paper addresses the problem of designing an anti-windup like compensator for discrete-time linear control systems with quantized input. The proposed compensator provides a correction signal proportional to the quantization error that…
Unwanted vibrations stemming from the energy-optimized design of Delta robots pose a challenge in their operation, especially with respect to precise reference tracking. To improve tracking accuracy, this paper proposes an adaptive…
Bioprocesses are often characterized by nonlinear and uncertain dynamics. This poses particular challenges in the context of model predictive control (MPC). Several approaches have been proposed to solve this problem, such as robust or…
Safety is one of the fundamental challenges in control theory. Recently, multi-step optimal control problems for discrete-time dynamical systems were formulated to enforce stability, while subject to input constraints as well as…
In scenarios where high penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) is connected to the grid over long distances, the output of RES exhibits significant fluctuations, making it difficult to accurately characterize. The intermittency and…
H2-conic controller design seeks to minimize the closed-loop H2-norm for a nominal linear system while satisfying the Conic Sector Theorem for nonlinear stability. This problem has only been posed with limited design freedom, as opposed to…
In this paper, we propose an optimization-based method for robust phase retrieval problem where the goal is to estimate an unknown signal from a quadratic measurement corrupted by outliers. To enhance the robustness of existing optimization…
Obstacle avoidance of polytopic obstacles by polytopic robots is a challenging problem in optimization-based control and trajectory planning. Many existing methods rely on smooth geometric approximations, such as hyperspheres or ellipsoids,…
This paper presents a novel model order reduction technique tailored for power systems with a large share of inverter-based energy resources. Such systems exhibit an increased level of dynamic stiffness compared to traditional power…
Model instability and poor prediction of long-term behavior are common problems when modeling dynamical systems using nonlinear "black-box" techniques. Direct optimization of the long-term predictions, often called simulation error…
We consider a robust optimization problem in an electric power system under uncertain demand and availability of renewable energy resources. Solving the deterministic alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem has been…
We show how the solution to NMPC problems for a special type of input-affine discrete-time systems can be obtained by reformulating the underlying non-convex optimal control problem in terms of a finite number of convex subproblems. The…