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  • Process Control
  • Control Engineering
  • Automation Systems

Background:

  • Second-order delay-dominated processes often exhibit instability due to right-half plane poles.
  • Unstable behaviors in these systems necessitate robust control strategies for reliable operation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a modified Smith predictor (MSP) with Internal Model Control (IMC) based tuning for enhanced control of unstable second-order delay-dominated processes.
  • To improve set-point tracking and disturbance rejection capabilities.

Main Methods:

  • The proposed control scheme integrates a forward path with PI/PID controller and a lead-lag filter, plus a feedback path with a PD controller.
  • Internal Model Control (IMC) with a single tuning parameter is used for the forward path controller design.
  • The Routh stability criterion is employed to tune the feedback path controller.

Main Results:

  • The modified Smith predictor (MSP) demonstrates quick set-point following without overshoot.
  • The scheme provides smooth disturbance rejection, outperforming recent MSP schemes.
  • Superior closed-loop performance is validated using standard performance indices and stability margins.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed IMC-tuned MSP offers a robust and effective solution for controlling challenging second-order delay-dominated processes.
  • The control scheme achieves enhanced performance in terms of speed, stability, and disturbance rejection.
  • This approach provides a significant improvement over existing MSP techniques for unstable systems.