Performances Comparison between Real-Time Auto-Tuning PID and Conventional PID Controller for a Dairy Industrial Evaporation Process Control

Abstract

In this study, an industrial milk evaporation process is introduced and a mathematical model of a multi-effect falling film evaporator is developed using MATLAB/Simulink to evaluate the performance of the controller. A real-time closed-loop auto-tuning PID controller is presented as a candidate control strategy for the evaporation process. The simulation results controlled by autotuning and conventional PID are compared and discussed and the performance improvement by the auto-tuning PID controller is illustrated.