Cascade control method for hydraulic secondary regulation drive system based on adaptive robust control

Abstract

The hydraulic secondary regulation drive system employs a hydraulic servo motor to achieve precise position tracking and zero throttling loss, but it faces challenges such as high inertia, low damping, and high system order, leading to suboptimal control accuracy. Traditional adaptive robust control methods struggle with the control challenges of such high-order systems. This paper introduces a cascaded control approach based on adaptive robust control to address these issues. A fifth-order model is developed to account for significant load inertia, dividing the system into inner and outer control loops. The outer loop applies adaptive robust control to handle uncertainties and load disturbances for accurate rotational position control, while the inner loop uses swashplate disturbance compensation robust control to manage torque disturbances and achieve precise displacement control. A cascaded Lyapunov function is designed to address the coupling effects between the errors of the inner and outer loop controllers, ensuring stability across both subsystems. Experimental results show that the proposed method’s position tracking accuracy exceeds that of cascade dual-PID control methods by 50% to 80% and traditional adaptive robust control methods by 30% to 40% under sinusoidal frequency commands of 0.1 Hz and 0.25 Hz.