Determination of the PID controller parameters for a DC shunt motor using the genetic algorithm method

In this study, the speed control of a DC shunt motor was achieved by optimising the PID controller through the genetic algorithms method. In optimisation process, the rise and the settling times and the overshoot were attempted to considerably minimise under no-load condition. The results of the proposed method were compared with the Ziegler-Nichols method under the same condition and were better than those of the Ziegler-Nichols method in terms of minimising the rise and the settling times and the overshoot.