Process Identification and PID Control

Process Identification and PID Control enables students and researchers to understand the basic concepts of feedback control, process identification, autotuning as well as design and implement feedback controllers, especially, PID controllers. The first two chapters introduce basic concepts of process control and dynamics, analysis tools (Bode plot, Nyquist plot) on dynamic characteristics, PID controllers and tuning, and advanced control strategies which have been widely used in industry. Simple simulation techniques required for practical controller designs and research on process identification and autotuning are also included. Chapter 3 provides useful process identification methods used in industry. It includes various identification algorithms to obtain frequency models or continuous-time/discrete-time transfer function models from measured process input and output data sets. Chapter 4 covers various relay feedback methods to activate the process effectively for process identification and controller autotuning. Chapter 5 discusses about the limitations of PID controllers and effective techniques to overcome these limitations.

• Combines the basics with recent research, helping novice to understand advanced topics

• Brings several industrially important topics together:

• Dynamics

• Control identification

• Control tuning methods

• Written by a team of recognized experts in the area

• Includes all source codes and real-time simulated processes for self-practice

• Contains problems at the end of every chapter

• PowerPoint files with lecture notes available for instructor use