Application of SSOD-PI and PI-SSOD event-based controllers to greenhouse climatic control

A Pawlowski; M Beschi; J L Guzmán; A Visioli; M Berenguel; S Dormido

doi:10.1016/j.isatra.2016.08.008

Application of SSOD-PI and PI-SSOD event-based controllers to greenhouse climatic control

ISA Trans. 2016 Nov:65:525-536. doi: 10.1016/j.isatra.2016.08.008. Epub 2016 Sep 1.

Authors

A Pawlowski¹, M Beschi², J L Guzmán³, A Visioli⁴, M Berenguel⁵, S Dormido⁶

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Informática y Automática, ETSII, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione, National Research Council, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Departamento de Informática, University of Almería, ceiA3-CIESOL, 04120 Almería, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, University of Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Departamento de Informática, University of Almería, ceiA3-CIESOL, 04120 Almería, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Departamento de Informática y Automática, ETSII, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27593955
DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2016.08.008

Abstract

In this work, an application of the Symmetric Send-On-Delta (SSOD) event-based controllers to the inside air temperature control of the greenhouse production process is presented. The control technique analysis is split into two stages. The first stage is devoted to determine the proper controller parameters and to check the influence of the Send-On-Delta (SOD) threshold value through simulation study. At the second stage, experimental tests on the real greenhouse facilities are performed. The obtained results show that the analyzed control techniques handle the control task with desired accuracy and performance. In particular, the proposed control system saves costs related with energy consumption and wear minimization, by achieving a satisfactory performance at the same time.

Keywords: Actuator wear; Event-based control; Greenhouse; Send-on-delta sampling; Temperature control.