Title :
Application of sliding modes to the control of industrial furnaces
Author :
Edwards, C. ; Spurgeon, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Control Syst. Res., Leicester Univ., UK
Abstract :
A tutorial description of results in the area of nonlinear sliding mode control and observation of uncertain systems is presented. The theoretical results are applied to the practical problem of temperature control of an industrial heating plant. The results obtained during plant trials are presented. A detailed comparison is made between the performance and robustness which may be achieved using a sophisticated commercial PID controller and that effected by the sliding mode methodology
Keywords :
furnaces; industrial control; nonlinear control systems; observers; temperature control; variable structure systems; industrial furnaces; industrial heating plant; nonlinear sliding mode control; observation; performance; robustness; temperature control; uncertain systems; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Fuels; Furnaces; Industrial control; Sliding mode control; Temperature control; Uncertain systems; Uncertainty; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1994. IECON '94., 20th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1328-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1994.398026