The vast majority of automatic controllers used to compensate industrial processes are of PI or PID type. This book comprehensively compiles, using a unified notation, tuning rules for these controllers proposed over the last seven decades (1935-2005). The tuning rules are carefully categorized and application information about each rule is given. The book discusses controller architecture and process modeling issues, as well as the performance and robustness of loops compensated with PI or PID controllers. This unique publication brings together in an easy-to-use format material previously published in a large number of papers and books. This wholly revised second edition extends the presentation of PI and PID controller tuning rules, for single variable processes with time delays, to include additional rules compiled since the first edition was published in 2003. Contents: Controller Architecture; Tuning Rules for PI Controllers; Tuning Rules for PID Controllers; Performance and Robustness Issues in the Compensation of FOLPD Processes with PI and PID Controllers. Key Features Addresses the needs of a niche market where no comparable book is available A comprehensive compilation of PI and PID controller tuning rules Makes the tuning rules easily accessible to researchers and practitioners through unified notation Highlights the marked increase in the number of tuning rules compiled, from 600 in the first edition to 1,134 in this second edition Readership: Control engineering researchers in academia and industry with an interest in PID control and control engineering practitioners using PID controllers. The book also serves as a reference for postgraduate and undergraduate students.
