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The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

A novel double‐loop control configuration with two controllers is suggested for double integrating processes with dead‐time. The stabilizing range of the inner‐loop proportional‐derivative (PD) controller is obtained using the Routh stability criteria. From this range, the exact PD settings are obtained by following a graphical approach where the integration of absolute error (IAE) is plotted for different PD settings. The PD settings resulting in the minimum IAE are chosen. In addition to stabilizing the plant, the inner‐loop also rejects the disturbances. A fractional‐order internal model controller (FOIMC) is designed for satisfactory set‐point tracking response in the outer‐loop. The suggested strategy has four adjustable parameters (proportional and derivative time constants, outer closed‐loop adjustment parameter, and fractional‐order of the FOIMC low‐pass filter). Based on extensive simulations, the tuning ranges for the above‐mentioned adjustable parameters are specified. The simulation study is done with the help of benchmark double integrating plant models with large dead‐time. Quantitative performance measures are also computed for comparing the suggested and previously reported schemes. The suggested FOIMC‐PD control architecture yields enhanced control performance than some recently reported techniques.

Decoupled double‐loop <scp>FOIMC‐PD</scp> control architecture for double integral with dead time processes

Decoupled double‐loop FOIMC‐PD control architecture for double integral with dead time processes