04 Feedback Control 1

CEG3H3
Randy E. Saputra, ST. MT.
Objectives
Understand the terms and operation of a closed-loop
control-system block diagram

Describe the basic operation of on-off control systems
Understand the concept and operation of a
proportional control system (including bias) and
calculate the error and controller output, given the
system gain and inputs
Understand the concept of dead band and calculate
the dead-band range for a proportional control system
Control System
Closed-loop Control System
Closed-loop Control System

Controller is an analog or digital circuit that accepts
data from the sensors, makes a decision, and sends the

appropriate commands to the actuator
Controller keeps the controlled variable (such as
temperature, liquid level, position, or velocity) at a

certain value called the set point (SP)
Error (E) is the difference between where the
controlled variable is and where it should be
Performance Criteria
Transient response is the exact path the controlled
variable takes when go from one position to the next

Rise time (T) is usually defined as the time it takes for
the controlled variable to go from 10 to 90% of the way

to its new position
Settling time (Ts) refers to the time it takes for the
response to settle down to within some small

percentage (typically 2-5%) of its final value
Overshoot happen when object's momentum keep it
going right on past where it was supposed to stop

Steady-state error (ESS) of the system is simply the
final position error, which is the difference between

where the controlled variable is and where it should be
Two-position Control
Example : Heating system
Three-position Control
Example : Floating oil-drilling platform
Three-position Control
Example : Floating oil-drilling platform
Proportional Control
Proportional control is the application of a corrective
force that is proportional to the amount of error :

OutputP = KPE
where
OutputP = controller output of proportional control
KP = proportional constant for the system called gain
E = error
Proportional Control
Feedback signal is called the process variable (PV)
and error (E) is the difference between PV and SP :

E = SP PV
where
E = error
SP = set point, desired value of the controlled variable
PV = process variable, actual value of the controlled
variable
Example
Assume that a motor driven arm was originally at 0
and then was directed to move to a new position at 30.

The gain of the system is KP = 2 inch oz/deg.
Describe how the controller responds to this situation.
Example
Steady-State-Error Problem
The region on either side of the set point, where the
restoring force is incapable of precisely locating the

controlled variable, is called the dead band/dead zone
Example
A position control system has a gain KP of 2 inch
oz/deg and works against a constant friction torque of

6 inch oz. What is the size of the dead band?
Solution
To overcome the friction, the system must cause the

motor to output 6 inch oz. Because the input to the
controller is the error signal, we need to find the value
of error that results in a controller output of 6 inch oz
Example
Starting with the basic proportional equation :
OutputP = KPE
Rearranging to solve for error :
Output P
6 inch oz
E
3
KP
2 inch oz/deg
With 3 error on each side of the set point, then dead

band = 6
One way to decrease the steady-state error due to
friction is to increase the system gain (KP)

It might seem reasonable to make the gain of every
system very high, however, high KP can lead to

instability problems (oscillations)
Gravity Problem
Gravity Problem
For the system to support the weight, there must be an
error
It happens because the proportional system only
produces a restoring force when there is an error and

the weight requires a constant force to support it
Bias
Bias
One way to deal with the gravity problem is to have the
controller add in a constant value (to its output) that is

just sufficient to support the weight, called bias
Equation for a proportional control system with bias :
OutputP = KPE + bias
Objectives Completed
Understand the terms and operation of a closed-loop
control-system block diagram

Describe the basic operation of on-off control systems
Understand the concept and operation of a
proportional control system (including bias) and
calculate the error and controller output, given the
system gain and inputs
Understand the concept of dead band and calculate
the dead-band range for a proportional control system

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CEG3H3

Randy E. Saputra, ST. MT.

control-system block diagram

Closed-loop Control System

Closed-loop Control System

data from the sensors, makes a decision, and sends the

temperature, liquid level, position, or velocity) at a

controlled variable is and where it should be

variable takes when go from one position to the next

the controlled variable to go from 10 to 90% of the way

response to settle down to within some small

going right on past where it was supposed to stop

final position error, which is the difference between

force that is proportional to the amount of error :

and error (E) is the difference between PV and SP :

and then was directed to move to a new position at 30.

The region on either side of the set point, where the

restoring force is incapable of precisely locating the

oz/deg and works against a constant friction torque of

To overcome the friction, the system must cause the

With 3 error on each side of the set point, then dead

friction is to increase the system gain (KP)

system very high, however, high KP can lead to

produces a restoring force when there is an error and

controller add in a constant value (to its output) that is

OutputP = KPE + bias

control-system block diagram

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