Optimized PID controller design for electric furnace temperature systems with Nelder Mead Algorithm

Abstract

This paper presents a design of PID controller for furnace temperature control system. Currently, PID controller has been used to operate in electric furnace temperature control system because its structure is simpler compared to others. However, the issue of tuning and designing PID controller adaptively and efficiently is still open. This paper presents an improved PID controller efficiency from tuning by Nelder Mead method. The parameters of PID controller shall be obtained from the Nelder Mead optimization procedure. Errors between desired magnitude response and actual magnitude response are calculated by using the Integral of Absolute Error (IAE). The proposed Nelder Mead based PID design method is simpler, more efficient and effective than the existing traditional methods included Ziegler Nichols, Cohen-Coon and Direct Synthesis. Simulation result shows that the performance of PID controller using this proposed method is better than traditional methods.