Sliding-mode observers are known to be robust against presence of disturbances and modeling uncertainties [1−3]. Although these observers are highly robust with respect to noises in system inputs, it turned out that the corresponding stability degrades in systems that exhibit output noise or mixed uncertainties [4]. When the measurements are noisy, because the time derivatives cannot be accurat...

A robust consensus controller is proposed for heterogeneous higher order nonlinear multi-agent systems (MAS), when the agent dynamics are involved with mismatched uncertainties. A distributed consensus protocol based on a time varying nonhomogeneous finite time disturbance observer (FTDO) and sliding mode control is designed to realize the network consensus of higher order MAS. The time varying...

This paper deals with the power generation control in variable speed wind turbines. In this context, a control strategy is proposed to ensure power extraction optimization of a DFIGbased wind turbine. The proposed control strategy combines an MPPT using a high gain observer and second-order sliding mode for the DFIG control. This strategy presents attractive features such as chattering-free beh...