Dynamical adaptive sliding mode control of observable minimum-phase uncertain nonlinear systems (Q4938982)

This paper describes an application of the dynamic adaptive backstepping-sliding mode control algorithm developed by Rios-Bolivar et al. to two nonlinear continuous chemical processes. The first is a gravity flow tank or pipeline, and the second is a continuously stirred tank reactor. Both chemical process models include uncertain parameters, and permit bounded random disturbances. The models for both processes satisfy minimum phase and observability conditions. The authors' computer simulations show that adaptively controlled responses of the two chemical processes are robust in the presence of bounded disturbances. There is also good transient performance with substantially reduced chattering in the controlled trajectories. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0922.00035].