Flexible function block implementation of the balance-based adaptive controller as the potential alternative for PID-based industrial applications

Abstract

This paper deals with the practical aspects of the implementation of the balance-based adaptive control (B-BAC) technique. It gives the simple mathematical background of this methodology, shows the case-independent implementation concept as the ready-to-use flexible function block that results from the B-BAC generality, discusses how to embed the additional functionalities required in professional industrial control applications and finally presents three implementation examples for three different programming and hardware platforms. The control performance of each B-BAC function block is validated experimentally and compared with the performance of the corresponding platform-related standard PID function blocks. The comparative results and the potential accessibility of both the flexible function block and the simple tuning method put forward B-BAC methodology as a strong alternative for PID-based industrial control applications.

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Adaptive non-linear model-based control experimental validation IEC 61131-3 practical implementation programmable logic controller

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