Self-Tuning of the PID Controller for a Digital Excitation Control System

Abstract

This paper proposes an indirect method for self-tuning of the PID controller gains. Some of the modern voltage regulator systems are utilizing the Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID) control for stabilization. Based on given excitation system parameters, several PID tuning approaches are reported. Since in general, these parameters are not available during commissioning, specifically the machine time constants, this lack of information causes a considerable time delay and cost of fuel usage for commissioning the automatic voltage regulator (AVR). To reduce the commissioning time and cost, the excitation system parameters are automatically identified and the PID gains are calculated using well-developed algorithms. Recursive Least Square (RLS) with linearization via feedback is proposed to identify the system parameters. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated with several generator sets. With self-tuned PID gains, commissioning is accomplished very quickly with excellent performance results.

Modifikasi Topologi Pengendali PID untuk Automatic Voltage Regulator Generator Sinkron

“…Oleh karena itu, sejalan dengan perkembangan teknologi, pengendali AVR kemudian dilengkapi dengan kemampuan menentukan nilai parameternya sendiri secara otomatis. Algoritme penentuan nilai parameter AVR yang telah diusulkan misalnya berbasis metode recursive least square (RLS) [10] dan berbasis logika samar [11].…”