Advances in PID Control

Citation

Rigelsford, J. (2001), "Advances in PID Control", Assembly Automation, Vol. 21 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2001.03321aad.010

Advances in PID Control

Advances in PID Control

T.K. Jiong, W. Quing-Guo, H.C. Chieh and T.J. HägglundSpringer-Verlag1999264 pp.ISBN 1-85233-138-0£42.50 hardcover

Keywords: Controller, Control, Mathematics

Advances in PID Control is another superb addition to the Advances in Industrial Control Series. It address the background application, design, implementation and advances of PID controllers.

Chapter 1 is an introductory chapter which discusses the evolution and components of the PID controller, the choice of controller type and the nomenclature and structures of the PID controller. Chapters 2 and 3 address classical and modern designs of PID controllers. Classical methods discussed include: Trial and Error, Ziegler-Nichols, Stability Limit, Cohen-Coons, and the Tyres Luyben Method. Modern designs include: pole placement, gain and phase margin design, linear quadratic control design, and composite PI-adaptive control design.

Chapter 4 provides a survey of the different automatic and self-tuning methods developed for PID controllers. The step response and relay feedback approaches are discussed, along with online relay tuning, FFT or relay transients, frequency response – transfer function conversion, and continuous self-tuning of PID control.

Chapters 5 and 6 address multi-loop control and practical issues for PID control, respectively. Topics covered within these chapters include the modified Zieger-Nichols method, a review of the BLT (Biggest Log-Modulus Tuning) method, an extension to cross-coupled controllers, non-linearities, disturbances, operational aspects, and digital PID implementation of PID controllers.

The appendix provides general information about industrial controllers. Those discussed are the ABB COMMANDER 351, Elsag Bailey Protonic 500/550, Foxboro 718PL/PR and the Honeywell UDC 3300.

This book requires a sound understanding of mathematical control theory and is intended to be useful to a wide range of readers who are interested in, or involved with, PID controllers. It is suitable for graduate and undergraduate students, researchers and practising technicians and engineers.

Jonathan Rigelsford