Self-adaptive PID controller of microwave drying rotary device tuning on-line by genetic algorithms

Abstract

The control design, based on self-adaptive PID with genetic algorithms (GA) tuning on-line was investigated, for the temperature control of industrial microwave drying rotary device with the multi-layer (IMDRDWM) and with multivariable nonlinear interaction of microwave and materials. The conventional PID control strategy incorporated with optimization GA was put forward to maintain the optimum drying temperature in order to keep the moisture content below 1%, whose adaptation ability included the cost function of optimization GA according to the output change. Simulations on five different industrial process models and practical temperature process control system for selenium-enriched slag drying intensively by using IMDRDWM were carried out systematically, indicating the reliability and effectiveness of control design. The parameters of proposed control design are all on-line implemented without iterative predictive calculations, and the closed-loop system stability is guaranteed, which makes the developed scheme simpler in its synthesis and application, providing the practical guidelines for the control implementation and the parameter design.

Keywords

industrial microwave drying rotary device / self-adaptive PID controller / genetic algorithm / on-line tuning / selenium-enriched slag

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