Design of RTDA controller for industrial process using SOPDT model with minimum or non-minimum zero

ISA Trans. 2015 Jul:57:231-44. doi: 10.1016/j.isatra.2015.02.016. Epub 2015 Mar 26.

Abstract

This research paper focuses on the design and development of simplified RTDA control law computation formulae for SOPDT process with minimum or non-minimum zero. The design of RTDA control scheme consists of three main components namely process output prediction, model prediction update and control action computation. The systematic approach for computation of the above three components for SOPDT process with minimum or non-minimum zero is developed in this paper. The design, implementation and performance evaluation of the developed controller is demonstrated via simulation examples. The closed loop equation, block diagram representation and theoretical stability derivation for RTDA controller are developed. The performance of proposed controller is compared with IMC, SPC, MPC and PID controller and it is demonstrated on Industrial non-linear CSTR process.

Keywords: CSTR process; DMC controller; Minimum or non-minimum phase zero; PID controller; RTDA controller; SOPDT process; Stability.