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In this paper, the design of the suspension system for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) is proposed, which deals with two performance criteria simultaneously. A semi-tractor trailer is used in present work and modeled with half vehicle model. Four types of linear, as well as non-linear, passive and semi-active suspension systems, are presented in this work. The control law is proposed for the semi-active suspension system using a PID controller to remove the need for passive damper along with active damper. Two objective optimization is performed using the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II). Road Damage (RD) is taken as the first objective along with Goods Damage (GD) as the second objective. All problems are minimization problems. It is concluded based on Pareto front comparison of different suspension systems that the semi-active suspension system with the proposed control law performs well for HGV.

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The compressor system is caused by the surge, which is an instability occurrence in most gas-process and oil industries. These issues are solved by using a recycle valve that avoids the surge and provides higher mass flow in the compressor system. An advanced controller-based anti-surge control mechanism is a need in the compressor system to improve the stability and surge issues. In this manuscript, an efficient, Neural-network predictive controller (NNPC) based variable speed compressor recycle system is modeled with an anti-surge control mechanism. When the mass flow is deficient, the recycle system is introduced, acts as a safety system, and feeds the compressed gas back to the upstream system. The different controllers like Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller, Fuzzy logic controller (FLC), and Neuro-fuzzy controller (NFC) based anti-surge control mechanism are also used in Compressor recycle system to compare the stability and performance metrics with NNPC. The NNPC based compressor system provides a better operating position and dynamic response with less error than other controllers-based compressor systems.