Feedback Linearization and Backstepping Controllers for Coupled Tanks

This paper investigates the usage of some sophisticated and advanced nonlinear control algorithms inorder to control a nonlinear Coupled Tanks System. The first control procedure is called the Feedbacklinearisation control (FLC), this type of control has been found a successful in achieving a global exponentialasymptotic stability, with very short time response, no significant overshooting is recordedand with a negligible norm of the error. The second control procedure is the approaches of Backsteppingcontrol (BC) which is a recursive procedure that interlaces the choice of a Lyapunov functionwith the design of feedback control, from simulation results it shown that this method preserves tracking, robust control and it can often solve stabilization problems with less restrictive conditions may beencountered in other methods. Finally both of the proposed control schemes guarantee the asymptoticstability of the closed loop system meeting trajectory tracking objectives.