Delayed finite-dimensional observer-based control of 2D linear parabolic PDEs

Recently, a constructive method was suggested for finite-dimensional observer-based control of 1D linear heat equation, which is robust to input/output delays. In this paper, we aim to extend this method to the 2D case with general time-varying input/output delays or sawtooth delays (that correspond to network-based control). We use the modal decomposition approach and consider boundary or non-local sensing together with non-local actuation, or Neumann actuation with non-local sensing. To compensate the output delay that appears in the infinite-dimensional part of the closed-loop system, for the first time for delayed PDEs we suggest a vector Lyapunov functional combined with the recently introduced vector Halanay inequality. We provide linear matrix inequality (LMI) conditions for finding the observer dimension and upper bounds on delays that preserve the exponential stability. We prove that the LMIs are always feasible for large enough observer dimension and small enough upper bounds on delays. A numerical example demonstrates the efficiency of our method and shows that the employment of vector Halanay’s inequality allows for larger delays than the classical scalar Halanay inequality for comparatively large observer dimension.