The specification of controller setting for a standard controller typically requires a trade-off between set point tracking and disturbance rejection. For this reason, two simple strategies can be used to adjust the set point and disturbance responses independently. These strategies are referred as controllers that have two degree of freedom. Unfortunately, the tuning parameters of the model uncertainty at two degree of freedom structure controller are difficult to obtain. Maximum peak-gain margin (Mp-GM) tuning method has been introduced to obtain the setting parameters of two degree of freedom structure controller based on model uncertainty. This tuning method is able to obtain reasonable controller parameters even under process uncertainties on standard two degree of freedom IMC. This research was conducted to develop maximum peak-gain margin tuning method for another two degree of freedom structure controller such as two degree of freedom IMC by Kaya [9] and two degree of freedom PID. The simulation results show that the maximum peak-gain margin tuning method can give a good target set point tracking, disturbance rejection, and robustness in two degree of freedom structure controller system.
Part of the book: PID Control for Industrial Processes