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stable output. A good control system possesses high speed.

The transient period for such system is very small.
Oscillation : A small numbers of oscillation or constant
oscillation of output tend to system to be stable.

Types of Control Systems

There are various types of control system but all of them
are created to control outputs. The system used for
controlling the position, velocity, acceleration, temperature,
pressure, voltage and current etc. are examples of control
systems.

Let us take an example of simple temperature controller of

the room, to clear the concept. Suppose there is a simple
heating element, which is heated up as long as the electric
power supply is switched on. As long as the power supply
switch of the heater is on the temperature of the room rises
and after achieving the desired temperature of the room, the
power supply is switched off. Again due to ambient
temperature, the room temperature falls and then manually
the heater element is switched on to achieve the desired
room temperature again. In this way one can manually control
the room temperature at desired level. This is an example of
manual control system. This system can further be
improved by using timer switching arrangement of the power
supply where the supply to the heating element is switched
on and off in a predetermined interval to achieve desired
temperature level of the room. There is another improved way
of controlling the temperature of the room. Here one sensor
measures the difference between actual temperature and
desired temperature. If there is any difference between them,
the heating element functions to reduce the difference and
when the difference becomes lower than a predetermined
level, the heating elements stop functioning.
Both forms of the system are automatic control system. In
former one the input of the system is entirely independent of
the output of the system. Temperature of the room (output)
increases as long as the power supply switch is kept on. That
means heating element produces heat as long as the power
supply is kept on and final room temperature does not have
any control to the input power supply of the system. This
system is referred as open loop control system.
But in the later case, the heating elements of the system
function, depending upon the difference between, actual
temperature and desired temperature. This difference is
called error of the system. This error signal is fed back to the

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system to control the input. As the input to output path and

the error feedback path create a closed loop, this type of
control system is referred as closed loop control system.
Hence, there are two main types of control system. They
are as follow

1. Open loop control system

2. Closed loop control system

Open Loop Control System

A control system in which the control action is totally
independent of output of the system then it is called open
loop control system. Manual control system is also an open
loop control system. Fig - 1 shows the block diagram of open
loop control system in which process output is totally
independent of controller action.

Practical Examples of Open Loop Control System

1. Electric Hand Drier - Hot air (output) comes out as long
as you keep your hand under the machine, irrespective of
how much your hand is dried.

2. Automatic Washing Machine - This machine runs

according to the pre-set time irrespective of washing is
completed or not.

3. Bread Toaster - This machine runs as per adjusted time

irrespective of toasting is completed or not.

4. Automatic Tea/Coffee Maker - These machines also

function for pre adjusted time only.

5. Timer Based Clothes Drier - This machine dries wet

clothes for pre-adjusted time, it does not matter how much
the clothes are dried.

6. Light Switch - Lamps glow whenever light switch is on

irrespective of light is required or not.

7. Volume on Stereo System - Volume is adjusted manually

irrespective of output volume level.

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Advantages of Open Loop Control System

1. Simple in construction and design.

2. Economical.

3. Easy to maintain.

4. Generally stable.

5. Convenient to use as output is difficult to measure.

Disadvantages of Open Loop Control System

1. They are inaccurate.

2. They are unreliable.

3. Any change in output cannot be corrected automatically.

Closed Loop Control System

Control system in which the output has an effect on the input
quantity in such a manner that the input quantity will adjust
itself based on the output generated is called closed loop
control system. Open loop control system can be
converted in to closed loop control system by providing a
feedback. This feedback automatically makes the suitable
changes in the output due to external disturbance. In this way
closed loop control system is called automatic control system.
Figure below shows the block diagram of closed loop control
system in which feedback is taken from output and fed in to
input.

Practical Examples of Closed Loop Control System

1. Automatic Electric Iron - Heating elements are controlled
by output temperature of the iron.

2. Servo Voltage Stabilizer - Voltage controller operates

depending upon output voltage of the system.

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3. Water Level Controller - Input water is controlled by

water level of the reservoir.

4. Missile Launched and Auto Tracked by Radar - The

direction of missile is controlled by comparing the target
and position of the missile.

5. An Air Conditioner - An air conditioner functions

depending upon the temperature of the room.

6. Cooling System in Car - It operates depending upon the

temperature which it controls.

Advantages of Closed Loop Control System

1. Closed loop control systems are more accurate even in
the presence of non-linearity.

2. Highly accurate as any error arising is corrected due to

presence of feedback signal.

3. Bandwidth range is large.

4. Facilitates automation.

5. The sensitivity of system may be made small to make

system more stable.

6. This system is less affected by noise.

Disadvantages of Closed Loop Control System

1. They are costlier.

2. They are complicated to design.

3. Required more maintenance.

4. Feedback leads to oscillatory response.

5. Overall gain is reduced due to presence of feedback.

6. Stability is the major problem and more care is needed to

design a stable closed loop system.

Comparison of Closed Loop And Open Loop Control System

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Sr. Open loop control Closed loop control system

No. system

The feedback element is The feedback element is always

1
absent. present.

An error detector is not

2 An error detector is always present.
present.

3 It is stable one. It may become unstable.

4 Easy to construct. Complicated construction.

5 It is an economical. It is costly.

6 Having small bandwidth. Having large bandwidth.

7 It is inaccurate. It is accurate.

8 Less maintenance. More maintenance.

9 It is unreliable. It is reliable.

Examples: Hand drier, tea Examples: Servo voltage stabilizer,

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Feedback Loop of Control System

A feedback is a common and powerful tool when designing a
control system. Feedback loop is the tool which take the
system output into consideration and enables the system to
adjust its performance to meet a desired result of system.
In any control system, output is affected due to change in
environmental condition or any kind of disturbance. So one
signal is taken from output and is fed back to the input. This
signal is compared with reference input and then error signal
is generated. This error signal is applied to controller and
output is corrected. Such a system is called feedback system.
Figure below shows the block diagram of feedback system.

When feedback signal is positive then system called positive

feedback system. For positive feedback system, the error
signal is the addition of reference input signal and feedback
signal. When feedback signal is negative then system is
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called negative feedback system. For negative feedback

system, the error signal is given by difference of reference
input signal and feedback signal.
Effect of Feedback
Refer figure beside, which represents feedback system where
R = Input signal
E = Error signal
G = Forward path gain
H = Feedback
C = Output signal
B = Feedback signal

1. Error between system input and system output is reduced.

2. System gain is reduced by a factor 1/(1±GH).

3. Improvement in sensitivity.

4. Stability may be affected.

5. Improve the speed of response.

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