• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.797-803
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• 2012

Proportional solenoid valves are a modulating type that can control the displacement of valves continuously by means of electromagnetic forces proportional to the solenoid coil current. Because the solenoid-type modulating valves have the advantages of fast response and compact design over air-operated or motor-operated valves, they have been gaining acceptance in chemical and power plants to control the flow of fluids such as water, steam, and gas. This paper deals with the auto tuning of the position controller that can provide the proportional and integral gain automatically based on the dynamic system identification. The process characteristics of the solenoid valve are estimated with critical gain and critical period at a stability limit based on implemented relay feedback, and the controller parameters are determined by the classical Ziegler-Nichols design method. The auto-tuning algorithm was verified with experiments, and the effects of the operating point at which the relay control is activated as well as the relay amplitude were investigated.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1996.10b
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• pp.1008-1011
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• 1996

Most control systems of power plants are using classical PID controllers for their process control. In order to get the desired control performances, the correct tuning of PID controllers is very important. Sometimes, it is necessary to retune PID controllers after the change of system operating condition and system design change, etc. Commercial auto-tuning controllers such as relay feedback controller can be used for this purpose. However, using these controllers to the safety-critical systems of nuclear power plants may be cause of unsafe operation, because they are using test signals for tuning. A new system identification auto-tuning method without using test signal has been developed in this paper. This method uses process input/output signals for system identification of unknown control process. From the model information of control process which was obtained from system identification approach, the optimal PID parameters can be calculated. The method can be used in the safety-critical systems because it is not using test signals during system modeling process.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1990.07a
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• pp.510-513
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• 1990

This paper describes the procedures for pre-tuning and re-tuning of the PI controller to specifications on patterns of output response. The key ideas of the proposed adaptive scheme are as follows. The relay feedback is adopted first for pre-tuning and the adaptive algorithms by the pattern recognition are introduced for re-tuning procedure to retune the gains whenever control conditions are changed. The proposed scheme was applied to the experimental laboratory process, heat exchanger.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.847-852
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• 1993

In this paper, we present a recursive algorithm for the auto-tuning of PID controllers by optimizing a GPC criterion. Also, we develop an intelligent PID controller by combination of a recursive algorithm together with a supervisor, that allows to adjust the main controller parameters (prediction horizon, control weighting, sample time etc.) using some simple rules which is mainly built up through relay tuning experiments. The intelligent PID controller has been implemented successfully on an IBM PC/AT and some simulation results are presented.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.485-493
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• 1990

The idea of expert control is to incorporate a rule based expert system in a feedback control system. In this paper, we present some heuristic rules based on relay experiment for the choice of controller structure and the setting of the controller parameters. Heuristic rules are used as an element of the feedback loop in an auto-tuning PID controller. The algorithms are coded in a form which is as pure as possible and the heuristic logic is implemented with the rules. This paper reports an implementation of an expert controller on microcomputer-based system, including an industrial programmable controller.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1990.07a
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• pp.68-71
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• 1990

In this paper, it is introduced about Auto-Tuning Method which applied to Expert Controller. This method constructs heuristic knowledge of the tuning experiment in order to realize relay tuning theory of Astrom &. Hagglund. This method applies to various Plant and showes utility which is used for Controller design of PID group. Result of simulation showed superiority for speed reponse and robustness of all Plant.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1993.07a
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• pp.436-438
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• 1993

A rule based fuzzy expert system in self-tune PID controllers is presented in this paper. The rule base. the core of the expert system, is extracted from the Wills' tuning map and the author's knowledge about the implicit relations between PID gains and controlled output response. The overall control system consists of the relay feedback scheme and the expert system, where the one is responsible for initial tuning and the other for subsequent tuning. The PID control system with the proposed fuzzy expert system, shows better convergence rate and control performances than those of a Litt in spite of the fact that the two rule bases are extracted from the same maps provided by Wills.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.25-28
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• 2002

본 논문은 마이크로 프로세스로 처리되는 여러 제어장치들 중에서 PI제어기의 최적 자동동조에 관한 개선된 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 이 방법은 Relay 자동동조 법으로서 이를 마이크로 프로세스에 응용하여 제어대상에 최적의 PI계수를 입력하게된다. 이를 위해 먼저 Computer와 DSP사이에 통신이 가능하도록 RS-232를 설치하고, 컴퓨터의 제어신호에 따라 모터의 속도가 Relay와 PI제어기에 의해 목표값에 도달할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 내부적으로 사용된 Relay 동조방식은 Relay로 제어대상의 출력을 강제로 진등시켜서 출력의 진폭과 주기를 이용하여 PI 계수를 조정하고 제어기의 입력값으로 선택된다. Relay동조 법은 동조과정이 간단하여 동조 방식의 구현이 쉽다. 또 위상여유를 고려하여 제어기의 계수를 조정하기 때문에 시스템의 견실성을 향상시킬 수 있을 뿐 아니라, 비례 제어만으로 임계 진동을 하지 않는 시스템의 경우에도 사용할 수 있고, 원점에 극점이 있는 경우에도 적용할 수 있어서 기존의 제어방식이 가지는 제약성의 한계를 극복할 수 있어서 적용성이 우수하다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.124.3-124
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• 2001

The nonlinearity of several chemical processes is usually approximated by a series of the nonlinear static element and the linear subsystem. In the case of the model that the nonlinear static element precedes the linear subsystem, it is called a Hammerstein model. It is a Wiener model when the order is reserved. Here we investigate a relay feedback identification method for Hammerstein type nonlinear processes. The proposed method separates the identification of the nonlinear static function from that of the linear subsystem by using a relay feedback method. From two times activation of nonlinear processes, we identify he whole range of the nonlinear static function as well as the ultimate information of the linear subsystem.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.32A no.7
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• pp.36-42
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• 1995

In this paper, the CAD program for designing the microwave waveguide narrow-band bandpass filters has been developed by the passband correction method with filter synthesis for the MDR(Microwave Digital Relay) system. Here, the modified double E-plane structures are employed in the filter structure which is analyzed by the variational method. Using the developed CAD program, 0.01dB equi-ripple chebyshev type 6-section bandpass filters used in the MDR system operating nationally is designed at the center frequency of 11.0GHz, fabricated with tunable type and then measured by tuning process. The experimantal results show good agreements with the theoretical results.