A Frequency-Domain Stability Method for Reset Systems

Abstract

The potential of reset controllers to enhance the performance of control systems has been extensively demonstrated in the literature. However, similarly to other non-linear controllers, the stability analysis for these controllers is complex and relies on parametric models of the systems which may hinder the applicability of these controllers in industry. The well-known Hß method tries to solve this significant issue. However, assessing the Hß condition in the frequency-domain is complex, especially for high dimensional plants. In addition, it cannot be used to assess UBIBS stability of reset control systems in the case of reseting to non-zero values. These problems have been solved in this paper for the first order reset elements, and an easy-to-use frequency approach for assessing stability of reset control systems is proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated through a practical example.