Applications Of PID Controller

PID, proportional–integral–derivative controller or three-term controller is a control loop feedback mechanism.

Nimra Khalid
2 min readMay 28, 2019

PID controllers are widely used in industrial control systems and a variety of other applications requiring continuously modulated control. A PID controller continuously calculates an error value [e(t)] as the difference between a desired set point and a measured processor and applies a correction based on proportional, integral and derivative terms, hence the name.

PID controllers are widely used in industrial control systems and a variety of other applications requiring continuously modulated control (to control the amount of flow in a system or process).

Approximately 95% of the closed loop of the operations of industrial automation sector use PID controller. As a feedback controller it delivered the controlled output at desired levels.

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Physical Understanding Of PID Controller

Block Diagram Of PID Controller With Second Order System

Derivation: (Closed Loop Transfer Function Formula)

Using this figure we write,

•Y(s) = G(s) Z(s)

•Z(s) = X(s) — H(s) Y(s)

•Y(s) = G(s) (X(s) — H(s) Y(s)) = G(s) X(s) — G(s) H(s) Y(s)

•Y(s) + G(s) H(s) Y(s) = G(s) X(s)

•Y(s) (1+ G(s) H(s)) = G(s) X(s)

•Y(s)/X(s) = G(s)/1+G(s)H(s)

Where,

•R(s) = Input Transform

•G(s) = Open Loop Gain

•H(s) = Feedback Gain

•C(s) = Output Transform

  • Z(s) = Z-Transform

Transfer Function Of PID Controller With Second Order System

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