Plot the response of a PID feedback control to step forcing function
Initial Publication Date: November 22, 2021
Summary
- Use Simulink to simulate and visualize the response of a PID feedback control to a step disturbance.
- demonstration for process dynamics and control
Learning Goals
- intended to demonstrate and visualize how the first-order system with PID control will respond to a disturbance from set-point
Context for Use
- For undergraduate engineering, class size of 30
- classroom activity
- Beginner's level use of Simulink
- Introduction to process control (easy)
Description and Teaching Materials
- The activity can be a class demonstration or student activity. Necessary tools are computers with MATLAB/Simulink
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Assessment
- Correct plot of system response