This paper analyzed two controllers with the view to improve the overall control of an antenna azimuth position. Frequency ranges were utilized for the PID controller in the system; while Ziegler-Nichols was used to tune the PID parameter gains. A state feedback controller was formulated from the state-space equation and pole-placements were adopted to ensure the model design complied with the specifications to meet transient response. MATLAB Simulink platform was used for the system simulation. The system response for both the two controllers were analyzed and compared to ascertain the best controller with best azimuth positioning for the antenna. It was observed that state-feedback controller provided the best azimuth positioning control with a little settling time, some value of overshoot and no steady-state error is detected.
Keyword:Azimuth position control system response MATLAB simulation PID controlle Pole placement State-feedback controller Zeglior-tunung method
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Corresponding Author:Aveen Utman, Departement of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sulaimani Polytechnics University SPU, Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Email: aveen.hassan@spu.edu.iq
INTRODUCTIONThe issue of antenna azimuth position control has become one of the many aspects that have drawn the attention of researchers in the control of antenna placement [1]. These interests are due to the major roles and enhance performances that would be derived from correct azimuth positioning of an antenna. Several techniques were proposed to achieve an optimum control of the azimuth position but such positioning remains a control challenging problem.Hoi et al [2] conducted a research on satellite tracking using fuzzy proportional integral derivative PID control techniques and the conventional PID controller to get the best in performance on satellite tracking. Both the step response in the two techniques presented evidence of chattering phenomena which may lead to poor and weak result and conclusion respectively. Xuan et al [3] introduced a discrete control system using PID controller to achieve a better control on satellite antenna angle deviation. The shortcoming of this work is lack of proper tuning of the PID gains for precise results. Soltana et al [4] considered the case of overseas satellite telecommunication where the control system was applied to an on-board motorized antenna; the separate controller was designed to detect a fault in the satellite control. Though the controller was not robust enough to enable handle the detected fault in the controlled signal. The research of [5] and that of [6] is basically using PID and Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) for the antenna azimuth position control system; both researchers were faced with similar shortcomings of degraded performance due to system nonlinearities and delay in reaching setpoint. A much better settling time and less overshoot were achieved by [7] where the Fuzzy logic controller (FLC) and a self-...