• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.9
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• pp.1065-1071
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• 2012

Wind energy is becoming one of the most preferable alternatives to conventional sources of electric power that rely on fossil fuels. For stable electric power generation, constant rotating speed control of a wind turbine is performed through pitch control and stall control of the turbine blades. Recently, variable pitch control has been implemented in modern wind turbines to harvest more energy at variable wind speeds that are even lower than the rated one. Although wind turbine pitch controllers are currently optimized using a step response via the Ziegler-Nichols auto-tuning process, this approach does not satisfy the requirements of variable pitch control. In this study, the variable pitch controller was optimized by a genetic algorithm using a neural network model that was constructed by the Latin Hypercube sampling method to improve the Ziegler-Nichols auto-tuning process. The optimized solution shows that the root mean square error, rise time, and settle time are respectively improved by more than 7.64%, 15.8%, and 15.3% compared with the corresponding initial solutions obtained by the Ziegler-Nichols auto-tuning process.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.129-137
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a digital controller design methodology for an LLC resonant converter which has been widely used due to the advantages of low switching loss and high efficiency. We establish a mathematical model of an LLC resonant converter using the extended describing function concept and propose a controller design method based on the Ziegler Nichols control parameter tuning criteria. The voltage controller of an LLC resonant converter is designed based on the derived small signal model and the performance of the controller is verified by MATLAB simulations. The validity and the control performance of the designed voltage controller for the LLC resonant converter is analyzed through some simulations for the case of load variations and circuit modeling errors.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.111-116
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• 2004

In this paper, parameters of a given DC motor system are estimated using the model adjustment technique and the real coded genetic algorithm(RCGA) technique. A number of tuning methods, based on experience and experiment, such as Ziegler-Nichols, Cohen-Coon, IMC, L-ITAE Method have been proposed to obtain parameters for the PID controller. This paper proposes estimating parameters of PID controller using RCGA. The performance of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through simulations and experiences.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.54-58
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• 2002

PID Controller is widely used as automatic equipment for industry. However, when a system has various characters, parameter decision and tuning for accurate control is a hard task. In this paper, expert auto-tuning PID controller using PLC is presented as away of solving this problem. Expert auto tuning algorithm is based on Ziegler-Nichols step response and expert knowledge. The test of control performance is carried out in practical speed control of Induction Motor in variable load, the experimental results suggest its superior performance.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.131-138
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• 1999

Generally, the digital controller has many advantages such as high precision, robustness to electrical noise, capability of flexible programming and fast response to the load variation. In this study, we have established proper mathematical equivalent model of Brushless DC (BLDC) motor and estimated the motor parameter by means of the back-emf measurement as being the step input to the controlled target BLDC motor. And the validity of proposed estimation method is confirmed by the test result of step response. As well, we have designed the reasonable digital controller as a consequence of the root locus method which is obtained from the open-loop transfer function of BLDC motor with hall sensor, and the determination of control gain for variable speed control. Here, revised Ziegler-Nichols tuning method is applied for the proper digital gain establishment, and the system stability is verified by the frequency domain analysis with Bode-plot and experimentation.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.3-7
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• 2016

A flow control system was designed and fabricated to control the flow rate of liquid through the pipe. This control system was composed of hardwares and software, hardwares as controller, gate valve, orifice meter and data aquisition board and software as National instruments Labview program. Control of flow rate was executed by adjusting the pneumatic valve located at the center of pipe line based on the control signal generated by LabView PID control algorithm, which converts analog signal measured by pressure difference of orifice to digital signal to adjust pneumatic valve. For the controller setup Ziegler-Nichols tuning technique was applied and control performances were investigated for not only the disturbance but also the set point changes. Developed system showed good control performances in flow control enough to use as teaching tool of feedback control theory and practice in university, and also as industrial application.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• v.11B no.2
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• pp.28-33
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• 2001

The subject of this study is to improve the position performance of the linear motion for hybrid type Linear Pulse Motor (HLPM). Generally, there are two applicable methods to ensure precise position control ; a good processing method. This paper is suggested an electrical 125 microstep driving method so as to achieves the excellent control performance, besides the small mechanical manufacture of teeth pitch. The compensation method of digital PI control is apply to step response of stable position control, step error, vibration suppression and the approach to high stability, and the Ziegler-Nichols tuning method is applied to the proper design of control parameter. The proposed control method has been verified by simulation results of the suitable gain and phase margin of bode plot, and from experiment result of step response.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.96-106
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• 2001

As the drilling depth increases, the cutting torque increases and fluctuates, which can lead to the machine tool vibration, severe tool wear, and catastrophic tool breakage. Hence, cutting torque control is very important to improve productivity in drilling. In this paper, a PID controller was designed to control the drilling torque. The plant including the feed drive system, cutting process and spindle drive system was modeled for controller design. The Ziegler-Nichols method was used to determine the controller gain and control action times and the root locus plot was used to tune the controller gain for a certain cutting condition. Also, suggested was a simple method to obtain the tuned controller gain for an arbitrary cutting condition not using the Ziegler-Nichols method and the root locus plot. The performance of the designed controller and the effect of controller gain tuning were verified from experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.647-652
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• 1986

The controller tuning methods proposed by Yuwana-Seborg and Suh utilizes Pade first order approximation for the delay terms in the closed loop transfer function. In this paper, the use of a Pade second-order approximation method is investigated. The simulation results show that the new method is superior to pervious approaches such as Ziegler-Nichols and Cohen-Coon methods.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.46-54
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• 1984

A new controller tuning method for solving problems that cannot be applicable to the processes with large time delay by Yuwana-Seborg method is presented. The new method is based on a single experimental test, a step change in the controller set point. Simulation results show that the new method can be not only well applicable to systems including large delay processes but also is superior to Ziegler-Nichols method or Cohen-Coon method in many respects despite unanticipated load disturbances that may occur during the experimental test.