A Simulated Annealing Controller for Sloshing Suppression in Liquid Transfer with Delayed Resonators

Abstract

A simulated annealing controller for sloshing suppression during the transfer of a liquid using a vehicle with active and passive vibration absorption is proposed. The proposed design technique aims to suppress sloshing induced by vehicle vibrations due to force disturbances applied on the liquid carrying vehicle due to road surface unevenness, while dealing with practical problems like the lack of measurements of the liquid's motion within the tank. Active vibration absorption is achieved with the use of a couple of Delayed Resonators. Despite the high complexity of the system's model, the proposed technique results in an easy to implement linear static measurement output feedback controller with satisfactory performance with respect to sloshing suppression