Implementation and application of microprocessor-based self-tuners

Abstract

The implementation of a class of self-tuning controllers using a portable microcomputer system is described. The self-tuning control theory is shown to provide a variety of control objectives such as model-reference, optimal Smith prediction and the minimization of a general k-step-ahead cost-function. Hardware and software details of the portable computer, SESAME, are presented with particular reference to the use of a new high-level language, Control Basic. Studies of the application of self-tuning to the control of room-temperature, acid neutralization, and batch chemical reactors in industry are outlined. © 1981.