EDF benchmark for robust control techniques - evaluation of proposed solutions

Abstract The steam generator (SG) water level control problem is considered as a benchmark for robust control techniques. The physics of the plant exhibit an inverse response behavior as well as an unstable open loop response. The plant is a time-varying system with dynamics that change slowly as the internal power changes. Both the control input and the outputs are constrained. The solutions proposed by six participants have been evaluated using a realistic simulator. A quantitative evaluation is completed using standard figures of merit such as settling time, maximal error, RMS error, peak-gain measure.