Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol.21, No.8, 891-903, 1997
Controller Synthesis for Time-Varying Systems by Input/Output Linearization
Recently, there have been major developments in the nonlinear systems theory for the regulation of nonlinear time-invariant systems. In this paper this methodology is extended to nonlinear rime-varying systems. First, the relevance of modeling systems in chemical engineering with time-varying parameters is shown. Then, modified Lie derivatives are defined to account for the explicit time dependence of the system model on ti!ne. A time-dependent invertible coordinate transformation is derived to quantify the zero dynamics of the system. State feedback laws are synthesized, which provide a linear time-invariant input-output response. It is observed that the internal stability of this state feedback is not analogous to the results of the time-invariant case. A dynamic output feedback controller for the time-varying system is synthesized. This methodology is used to derive feedback laws for the regulation of linear time-varying systems. Finally, the proposed methodology is illustrated by a simulation example.
Keywords:NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS;INPUT OUTPUT LINEARIZATION;FED-BATCH CULTURE;NONLINEAR-SYSTEMS;CEPHALOSPORIN-C;REACTOR