Plant control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10844799-B2
Application number	US-201916352828-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2018
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A plant control system comprises a target value calculating part calculating a target value r of a control output x of a plant, a target value correcting part correcting the target value so as to calculate a corrected target value w, and a feedback controller determining a control input. The target value correcting part, if making the control output change to the target value, sets the corrected target value so that an amount of correction of the target value becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, then changes the corrected target value so that the amount of correction of the target value becomes larger than the predetermined value, then changes the corrected target value so that the amount of correction of the target value becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value before the control output reaches the target value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plant control system comprising:
a target value calculating part configured to calculate a target value of a control output of a plant based on one or more of predetermined parameters of the plant;
a target value correcting part configured to correct the target value in a direction suppressing overshoot of the control output so as to calculate a corrected target value; and
a feedback controller configured to determine a control input of the plant so that the control output approaches the corrected target value,
wherein the target value correcting part is configured to, when making the control output change to the target value,
set the corrected target value so that an amount of correction of the target value becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value,
then change the corrected target value so that the amount of correction of the target value becomes larger than the predetermined value, and
then change the corrected target value so that the amount of correction of the target value becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value before the control output reaches the target value.

2. The plant control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the target value correcting part is configured to, when making the control output change to the target value,
set the corrected target value so that the amount of correction of the target value becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value when a difference of the target value and a current value of the control output is larger than a first reference value,
change the corrected target value so that the amount of correction of the target value becomes greater than the predetermined value when the difference reaches the first reference value, and
change the corrected target value so that the amount of correction of the target value becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value when the difference reaches a second reference value, and wherein the second reference value is smaller than the first reference value.

3. The plant control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the target value correcting part is configured to perform a minimum value search of a target function to thereby calculate the corrected target value, and
the target function includes a term relating to an amount of correction of the target value and a term relating to a degree of satisfaction of limiting conditions regarding a state quantity of the plant and is configured so that when a difference of the target value and a current value of the control output is relatively large, compared to when the difference is relatively small, a degree of contribution of the term relating to the amount of correction of the target value to a value of the target function becomes larger.

4. The plant control system according to claim 3 , wherein the term relating to the amount of correction of the target value is a value obtained by multiplying a component which becomes larger the larger the amount of correction of the target value by a component which becomes larger the larger the difference.

5. The plant control system according to claim 3 , wherein the term relating to the degree of satisfaction of the limiting conditions is a value obtained by dividing a component which becomes larger the lower the degree of satisfaction of the limiting conditions by a component which becomes larger the larger the difference.

6. The plant control system according to claim 4 , wherein the component which becomes larger the larger the difference is an “n” power of the difference and “n” is larger than zero.

7. The plant control system according to claim 5 , wherein the component which becomes larger the larger the difference is an “n” power of the difference and “n” is larger than zero.

8. The plant control system according to claim 6 , wherein the plant is an internal combustion engine and “n” is a value of 4 to 6.

9. The plant control system according to claim 7 , wherein the plant is an internal combustion engine and “n” is a value of 4 to 6.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sano Takeshi

Classifications

• G05B13/024 Primary

  in which a parameter or coefficient is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance · CPC title

• G05B11/06

  in which the output signal represents a continuous function of the deviation from the desired value, i.e. continuous controllers (G05B11/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02D45/00

  Electrical control not provided for in groups F02D41/00 - F02D43/00 · CPC title

• F02D41/1401 Primary

  characterised by the control or regulation method (F02D41/1473, F02D41/1477 take precedence) · CPC title

• G05B5/01

  electric · CPC title