title: Experimental evaluation of a controller using a variable transformation Smith predictor for a nonlinear process with dead time.
abstract: In this work, a globally linearised controller (GLC) for a hemispherical tank level process with dead time is experimentally evaluated. A controller based on the combination of Smith predication and variable transformation [Anandanatarajan R, Chidambaram M, Jayasingh T, Design of controller using variable transformations for a nonlinear process with dead time. ISA Trans 2005;44:81-91] in the transformed domain is used in simulation of and experimentation on a hemispherical tank level process. The results are compared with those obtained with the conventional PI controller, about the nominal operating point of 50%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, 605 014, India. ananda_natarajan@pec.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anandanatarajan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mourougapragash