Field based process control system with auto-tuning
US5691896A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B11/42
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process control system controls a process through a control output signal based on a set point and a measured process variable. The process control system includes a control circuit having a set point input, a process variable input and a control output. The control circuit generates the control output signal on the control output as a function of the set point received on the set point input and the measured process variable received on the process variable input. An auto-tuning circuit excites the process, estimates a process model based on a rising dead time, a rising rate-of-change, a falling dead time and a falling rate-of-change in the measured process variable and then tunes the control function to the process based on the process model. The auto-tuning circuit obtains robust results, but is computationally simple such that the circuit can be implemented with hardware or software in low-power and low-memory applications, such as in such in field-mounted control units.
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