Actuator fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control: Application to the quadruple-tank process

Abstract

The paper focuses on an important problem related to the modern control systems, which is the robust fault-tolerant control. In particular, the problem is oriented towards a practical application to quadruple-tank process. The proposed approach starts with a general description of the system and fault-tolerant strategy, which is composed of a suitably integrated fault estimator and robust controller. The subsequent part of the paper is concerned with the design of robust controller as well as the proposed fault-tolerant control scheme. To confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach, the final part of the paper presents experimental results for considered the quadruple-tank process.