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The electric controller is one of the most crucial components in an electric bicycle. The overall performance of the whole system heavily depends on the properties of the controller. The authors use the robust control theory to design a new H∞ robust controller for the closed speed-current dual-loop driving and braking system. The designed controller also incorporates the driving and energy recovery braking circuit. Therefore, it has energy recovery ability, which coverts the kinetic energy wasted in braking into electric energy to recharge the battery. This prolongs the driving distance per battery charge. The simulations and experiments show that the new H∞ robust controller out-performs the traditional PID controller in many respects including stability, error, responding speed and driving distance per battery charge.
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Zhou, H.B., Long, B. & Cao, B.G. New energy recovery H∞ robust controller for electric bicycles. Int.J Automot. Technol. 14, 283–289 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-013-0032-0
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