Estudo de um sistema de nível com dois tanques interligados sujeito a perturbações utilizando desigualdades matriciais lineares

Abstract

The robust control theory has evolved considerably over the past decades, providing solutions for various problems of analysis, synthesis and performance of uncertain linear systems. The linear matrix inequalities (LMI) and its techniques have emerged as powerful tools in various areas of control engineering for structural projects. An important property of LMIs is the fact that its solution set is convex. This property is crucial in order to be able to make robust control problems as convex optimization problems that minimize an objective function. Given these statements the present work uses a liquid level system with two tanks connected to the plant where it was modeled, and then a controller is designed to ensure quadratic stability when subjected to external disturbances defined in an uncertain polytope. We used the linear quadratic regulator with integral action (LQI) as a controller, however, the concept of optimal LQR does not take into account the parametric uncertainties in the existing plant design, with it, was presented a method of solving the LQR using convex optimization. LQR optimized via LMI allows the addition of uncertainty to obtain the state feedback gain. The results obtained proved that the strategy of LQI control via LMI resolution is effective as robust control, because it can include features related to the imprecision of the process, moreover, the LQI control ensures the optimality of control.