Active disturbance rejection control of a longitudinal tunnel ventilation system

Abstract

This paper proposes an innovative approach for controlling pollutant release in a long-distance tunnel via longitudinal ventilation. Enhanced by an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) method, a ventilation controller is developed to regulate the forced air ventilation in a road tunnel. As a result, the pollutants (particulate matter and carbon monoxide) are reduced by actively regulating the air flow rate through the tunnel. The key contribution of this study lies in the development of an extended state observer that can track the system disturbance and provide the system with compensation via a nonlinear state feedback controller equipped by the ADRC. The proposed method enhances the disturbance attenuation capability in the ventilation system and keeps the pollutant concentration within the legitimate limit in the tunnel. In addition to providing a safe and clean environment for passengers, the improved tunnel ventilation can also achieve better energy saving as the air flow rate is optimized.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081871
Funding Information: Funding: This research is funded by Natural Science Foundation of Xi’an Science and Technology Bureau of China, grants number 211832180481 and 211832190048. This research is also supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number 5186
Additional Information: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Active disturbance rejection,Cascaded control,Pollutant concentration,Tunnel ventilation,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Energy (miscellaneous),Control and Optimization,Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Publication ISSN: 1996-1073
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2024 18:06
Date Deposited: 04 May 2020 07:38
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2020-04-11
Accepted Date: 2020-04-04
Authors: Si, Liyun
Cao, Wenping (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-8133-3020)
Chen, Xiangping

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