Synthesis of two-mass electromechanical systems with cascade connection of fractional-order controllers

The research focused on two-mass electromechanical systems widely utilized in industry. The challenge addressed in this work was to improve the synthesis of controllers for such systems to simplify it and enhance the quality of transition processes. Traditionally, the synthesis of control system loops for these systems was carried out using integer controllers and standard forms. However, this approach led to the synthesis of complex integer controllers that are difficult to implement. To overcome this issue, an original approach to the synthesis of control system loops based on the fractional characteristic polynomial is proposed. The fractional characteristic polynomial ensures the desired quality of the transition process given the implementation of a specified structure of the fractional controller. A new method of structural-parametric synthesis of fractional-order controllers is developed for the case of their cascade connection in multi-loop two-mass electromechanical systems. Additionally, an algorithm for synthesizing fractional-order controllers for the corresponding control loops is presented. This enabled the structural-parametric synthesis of fractional-order controllers for a two-mass electromechanical system with the cascade connection of controllers. Such an approach provides better quality of transition processes compared to classical integer controllers, simplifies the synthesis, and thereby enhances the quality of the synthesized systems. The impact of the synthesized fractional-order controllers using the proposed approach on the dynamic properties of the two-mass «thyristor converter – motor» system was investigated. The research results demonstrated the practical applicability of fractional controllers designed using the proposed method for the synthesis of automatic control systems of two-mass electromechanical systems in the industry.