Compensation of gap sensor for high-speed maglev train with RBF neural network

Abstract

The gap sensor plays an important role for a electro-magnetic levitation system, which is a critical component of high-speed maglev trains. An artificial neural network is a promising area in the development of intelligent sensors. In this paper, a radial basis function (RBF) neural network modelling approach is introduced for the compensation of the non-contact inductive gap sensor of the high-speed maglev train. As an inverse model compensator, the designed RBF-based model is connected in series to the output terminal of the gap sensor. The network is trained by using a gradient descent learning algorithm with momentum. This scheme could estimate accurately the correct air-gap distance in a wide range of temperatures. The simulation studies of this model show that it can provide a compensated gap value with an error of less than ±0.4 mm at any temperature from 20° to 80°C. In particulr, the maximum estimation error can be reduced to ±0.1 mm when the working gap varies from 8 to 12 mm. The experimental results indicate that the compensated gap signal could meet the requirements of the levitation control system.

Keywords

Air gap high-speed maglev train inductive sensor radial basis function neural network

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