Integral Control and Anti-Windup Experiments

Authors

  • Chiu Choi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v9i1.10056

Keywords:

integral control, anti-windup, microcontroller applications, control engineering laboratory, pedagogy for control engineering, linear control laboratory

Abstract


Integral control is one of the methods for reducing steady-state error in a feedback control system. This method is frequently used in manufacturing and industrial control processes. It is an important topic in the control engineering curriculum. In this paper, we describe a laboratory station developed for the investigation of integral control. Microcontrollers were used for the implementation of the integral controllers. Five experiments were developed for that laboratory station. These experiments emphasized on the understanding of integral control, elucidating the integrator windup problems, and introducing methods for overcoming such problems. These experiments offer hands-on experience to students and will increase their insights into integral control and anti-windup methods. These experiments can be readily incorporated into laboratory courses on feedback control systems or microcontroller applications.

Author Biography

Chiu Choi

Dr. Choi is working as a full professor in Electrical Engineering at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Heearned his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.He has a Florida State Professional Engineer license. He has keen interest inengineering education and is active in research. His research interests include engineering education, Embedded Control Systems and ComputationalAlgorithms. He has published over thirty papers in those areas.

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Published

2019-02-22

How to Cite

Choi, C. (2019). Integral Control and Anti-Windup Experiments. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 9(1), pp. 113–125. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v9i1.10056

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Papers

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