Fractional order PIλ controller synthesis for steam turbine speed governing systems

The current state of the art of fractional order stability theory is hardly to build connection between the time domain analysis and frequency domain synthesis. The existing tuning methodologies for fractional order PIλDμ are not always satisfy the given gain crossover frequency and phase margin simultaneously. To overcome the drawbacks in the existing synthesis of fractional order controller, the synthesis of optimal fractional order PIλ controller for higher-order process is proposed. According to the specified phase margin, the corresponding upper boundary of gain crossover frequency and stability surface in parameter space are obtained. Sweeping the order parameter over λ∈(0,2), the complete set of stabilizing controller which guarantees both pre-specifying phase frequency characteristic can be collected. Whereafter, the optimal fractional order PIλ controller is applied to the speed governing systems of steam turbine generation units. The numerical simulation and hardware-in-the-loop simulation demonstrate the effectiveness and satisfactory closed-loop performance of obtained fractional order PIλ controller.