A self-tuning controller for systems with unknown or varying time delays
Journal
International Journal of Control
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
4
Pages
949-964
Date Issued
1985
Author(s)
Abstract
Abstract A SISO self-tuning controller with a Smith-predictor type of time delay compensator (STC-TDC) is proposed to handle open-loop stable processes with unknown or varying time delays. Two numerical examples comparing PI control, the standard STC of Clarke and Gawthrop, the self-tuning Dahlin algorithm of Vogel and Edgar, and the STC-TDC show that the new approach performs best for both set-point and load changes when process time delay changes occur. A third example shows that the STC-TDC matches the extended stability characteristics of the alternative approach due to Kurz and Goedecke but is computationally much simpler. Notes † Financial support from the Department of the Navy is gratefully acknowledged.
Type
journal article