LIST OF TABLES <p></p> <p>LIST OF FIGURES </p> <p>ABBREVIATIONS </p> <p>NOTATIONS </p> <p>PREFACE </p> <p>Chapter 1 Introduction </p> <p>1.1. Scope of process control </p> 1.2. Proportional Integral Derivative Control <p></p> <p>1.3. Loop tuning </p> <p>1.4. Relay feedback Technique &nbs</p>p; <p></p> <p>1.5. Real time applications </p> <p>1.6. Conclusion </p> <p>Chapter 2 Relay feedback control </p> <p>2.1 Relay control system classification </p> <p>2.2 Describing function analysis </p> <p>2.3 Relay auto-tuning for scalar systems </p> <p>2.3.1 Modified relay feedback method - Sung et. al. (1995) </p> <p>2.3.2. Modified Fourier series analysis</p> of process response - Srinivasan & Chidambaram (2004) <p></p> <p>2.3.3. Use of preload relay - Tan et. al. (2006) </p> <p>2.3.4. Enhanced process activation method - Je et. al. (2009) </p> <p>2.3.5. Simulation study </p> 2.4 Relay auto-tuning of multivariable systems <p></p> <p>2.4.1. Pairing criteria </p> <p>2.4.2. Condition for limit cycle to occur </p> <p>2.5. Relay feedback test for multivariable systems </p> <p>2.5.1. Relay auto-tuning of decentralized controllers </p> <p>2.5.1.1. Palmor et. al. (1994) </p> <p>2.5.1.2. Zhuang and Atherton (1994) </p> 2.5.1.3. Campestrini et. al. (2006) <p></p> <p>2.5.2. Relay auto-tuning of centralized controller </p> <p>2.5.2.1. Menani and Koivo (1996c) </p> <p>2.5.2.2. Wang et. al. (1997) </p> <p>2.5.2.3. Menani (1999) </p> <p>2.6. Design of PID controllers </p> <p>2.7. Robustness stability analysis </p> <p>2.8. Conclusion </p>; <p></p> <p>Chapter 3 Auto Tuning of Unstable SOPTD Systems </p> <p>3.1 Introduction </p> <p>3.2 Consideration of higher order harmonics </p> <p>3.2.1. Problem 1 </p> <p>3.2.2. Problem 2 </p> 3.2.3. Problem 3 <p></p> <p>3.3 Measure of robust performance </p> <p>3.4 Design Procedure&nb</p>sp; <p></p> <p>3.4.1 Tuning rule </p> <p>3.4.2 Simple method to calculate Kc,min </p> <p>3.5 Simulation studies </p> 3.5.1 Example 1 <p></p> <p>3.5.1.1 Effect of measurement noise </p> <p>3.5.2 Example 2 </p> <p>3.5.3 Example 3 </p> <p>3.5.4 Example 4: Unstable Non-linear Bioreactor </p> <p>3.5.4.1 Effect of measurement noise </p> <p>3.6 Conclusions </p> <p>Chapter 4 Decentralised PID Controllers for stabl</p>e system <p></p> <p>4.1 Introduction </p> 4.2 Design procedure <p></p> <p>4.3 Simulation study on stable systems </p> <p>4.3.1 Example 1 </p> <p>4.3.1.1 Effect of measurement noise </p> <p>4.3.2. Example 2 </p> <p>4.3.3. Example 3 </p> 4.3.4. Example 4 <p></p> <p>4.4 Conclusions </p> <p>Chapter 5 Decentralised PID Controllers for unstable system </p> <p>5.1. Introduction </p> <p>5.2. Design procedure </p> <p>5.3. Simulation study on unstable systems </p> <p>5.3.1 Example 1 </p> 5.3.1.1 Calculation of Kc,min <p></p> <p>5.3.1.2.Calculation of Kc,max </p> <p>5.3.2. Example 2 </p> <p>5.3.2.1 C</p>alculation of Kc,min <p></p> <p>5.3.2.2.Calculation of Kc,max </p> <p>5.3.3. Example 3 </p> <p>5.3.3.1. Calculation of Kc,min </p> <p>5.3.3.2.Calculation of Kc,max </p> <p>5.4. Conclusion </p> <p>Chapter 6 Centralised PID Controllers for unstable systems </p> <p>6.1 Introduction </p> <p>6.2 Controller design method </p> <p>6.3 Robustness analysis &nb</p>sp; <p></p> <p>6.4 Simulation studies on unstable systems </p> <p>6.3.1 Example 1 </p> <p>6.3.2 Example 2 </p> <p>6.5. Conclusion </p> <p>Chapter 7 Refined Ziegler-Nichols method for unstable SISO systems </p> <p>7.1. Introduction </p> <p>7.2. Controller design method </p> <p>7.3. Simulation study </p> <p>7.3.1. Example 1 </p> <p>7.3.2. Example 2 </p> <p>7.3.3. Example 3 </p> 7.3.4. Example 4 <p></p> <p>7.3.5. Example 5 </p> <p>7.4. Improved relay tuning method </p> <p>7.5. Comparison with recent methods </p> <p>7.6. Conclusion </p> <p>Chapter 8 Tuning rules for PID controllers for unstable systems </p> <p>8.1. Controller design method for unstable FOPTD system </p> <p>8.1.1 Example 1 </p> <p>8.2. Controller design method for unstable system based on ultimate values </p> 8.2.1 Example 1 <p></p> <p>8.2.2 Example 2 </p> <p>8.3 Conclusions </p> <p>Chapter 9 Auto tuning of Decentralised unstable system with refined Z-N method </p> <p>9.1. Introduction &n</p>bsp; <p></p> <p>9.2. Controller design </p> <p>9.3. Simulation studies </p> <p>9.3.1. Example 1 </p> 9.3.2. Example 2 <p></p> <p>9.4. Conclusions </p> <p>APPENDIX </p> <p>REFERENCES </p> <p>INDEX</p>