Automatic voltage regulator performance enhancement using a fractional order model predictive controller

Imen Deghboudj (University Mentouri Brothers of ConstantineRoute de AinElbey 25000 Constantine)
Samir Ladaci (National Polytechnic School of Constantine)

Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Vol 10, No 5: October 2021

In this paper, a new design method for fractional order model predictive control (FO-MPC) is introduced. The proposed FO-MPC is synthesized for the class of linear time invariant system and applied for the control of an automatic voltage regulator (AVR). The main contribution is to use a fractional order system as prediction model, whereas the plant model is considered as an integer order one. The fractional order model is implemented using the singularity function approach. A comparative study is given with the classical MPC scheme. Numerical simulation results on the controlled AVR performances show the efficiency and the superiority of the fractional order MPC.