Title :
Inexpensive apparatus for control laboratory experiments using advanced control methodologies
Author :
Dos Santos Coelho, Leandro ; Simas, Henrique ; Coelho, Leandro Dos Santos
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Autom. & Syst., Univ. Fed. de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Abstract :
Deals with the relevancy of practical experiments in teaching and research activities to support undergraduate and graduate students in a practical way. Topics for teaching are: system identification aspects and analysis and design of advanced controllers. Two self-tuning advanced control algorithms are investigated: generalized predictive control (GPC) and variable structure systems (VSS). A fan-and-plate nonlinear process, implemented in a university laboratory, is used to assess the performance of the controllers. Experimental results are carried out to observe the servo and regulatory behavior and, to evaluate the features and performance of each controller
Keywords :
adaptive control; control engineering education; control system synthesis; identification; predictive control; self-adjusting systems; variable structure systems; advanced control methodologies; advanced controllers; control laboratory experiments; fan-and-plate nonlinear process; generalized predictive control; graduate students; regulatory behavior; self-tuning advanced control algorithms; servo behaviour; system identification; undergraduate students; variable structure systems; Adaptive control; Automatic control; Control design; Control systems; Education; Laboratories; Nonlinear control systems; Predictive control; Signal processing; Variable structure systems;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1999. Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5250-5
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1999.832888
