Boundary control with integral action for hyperbolic systems of conservation laws:: Stability and experiments

A strict Lyapunov function for boundary control with integral actions of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws that can be diagonalised with Riemann invariants, is presented. The time derivative of this Lyapunov function can be made strictly negative definite by an appropriate choice of the boundary conditions and the integral control gains. Previous stability results are extended to guarantee the local convergence of the state towards a desired set point. Furthermore, the control can be implemented as a feedback of the state measured only at the boundaries. The control design method is illustrated with a hydraulic application, namely the level and flow regulation in a reach of the Sambre river and in the micro-channel of Valence, respectively through simulations and experimentations. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.