An adaptive sliding mode controller with free-will arbitrary time convergence for three-phase rectifiers in autonomous agricultural vehicles

Omar Talal Mahmood, Wan Zuha Wan Hasan, Norhafiz Azis, Nor Mohd Haziq Norsahperi, Hafiz Rahidi Ramli and Luthffi Idzhar Ismail

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 8, 1-41

Abstract: This study describes a novel adaptive free-will arbitrary time sliding mode controller (AFWATSMC) designed to improve the performance of a three-phase rectifier in an autonomous oil palm grabber vehicle (Robot Autonomous Mechanical Buffalo Grabber (MBG)). The graber, initially powered by a diesel engine with an uncontrolled rectifier, was upgraded to support intelligent systems that require stable DC voltage management. To address the limitations of conventional rectifiers, the suggested AFWATSMC integrates adaptive factors to improve the performance of the original free-will arbitrary time algorithm. The key innovation of this work lies in combining the adaptive sliding-mode control structure with the free-will arbitrary convergence time algorithm, permitting user-defined system settling time nevertheless of dynamic uncertainties (system parameters and initial conditions), a capability not demonstrated in prior rectifier control strategies to the best of the current knowledge. An optimized control laws using genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) is suggested to tune the parameters using MATLAB Simulink and coding. A smooth waveform with reduced ripple factor was achieved for the DC output of the alternator with a total improvement of 75.47%; the AC output alternator current exhibited an enhanced sinusoidal shape, a reduction of the total harmonic distortion (THD) with a 46.69% improvement, and an achievement of unity power factor of 0.20% improvement was obtained compared to another adaptive SMC.

Date: 2025
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