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Transient Response

At the end of the last chapter we already changed the transient behaviour of PT1 behaviour with a controller parameter. The transient behaviour of PT1 behaviour is described by the parameter τ. τFÜ depends on kIR when we control a P system with an I controller.

Now let us look at a second-order system in an example. The system consists of I behaviour and PT1 behaviour. Because of the I behaviour in the system, the controlled system has no steady-state control error. We can optimise the transient behaviour with a P controller. The control loop looks like this:

Control loop with P controller k_PR, I element (k_IS and 1/s) and PT1 plant k_PS/(1 + τ_S · s)

First we simplify the loop for the calculation. It contains three terms describing the gain. We can combine them into one term.

\[ \text{Combine: } k = k_{PR} \cdot k_{IS} \cdot k_{PS} \]
Simplified control loop with k, integrator 1/s and PT1 element 1/(1 + τ_S · s)

Parameter k is not an official designation, only an auxiliary parameter with which I simplify the system. The following applies:

\[ \begin{gathered} A = k \cdot \frac{1}{s} \cdot \frac{1}{1 + \tau_S \cdot s} = \frac{k}{s + \tau_S \cdot s^2} \\[8pt] H_{\mathrm{FÜ}} = \frac{A}{1 + A} = \frac{\frac{k}{s + \tau_S \cdot s^2}}{1 + \frac{k}{s + \tau_S \cdot s^2}} = \frac{k}{s + \tau_S \cdot s^2 + k} = \frac{1}{\frac{\tau_S}{k} \cdot s^2 + \frac{1}{k} \cdot s + 1} \\[8pt] H_{\mathrm{PT2}} = \frac{k_{P,\mathrm{PT2}}}{\frac{1}{\omega_0^2} s^2 + \frac{2D}{\omega_0} s + 1} \end{gathered} \]

After this transformation, the result resembles the standard form of oscillating PT2 behaviour. Now we can determine the characteristic parameters by comparing coefficients:

\[ \begin{gathered} H_{\mathrm{FÜ}} = H_{\mathrm{PT2}} = \frac{1}{\frac{\tau_S}{k} \cdot s^2 + \frac{1}{k} \cdot s + 1} = \frac{k_{P,\mathrm{PT2}}}{\frac{1}{\omega_0^2} s^2 + \frac{2D}{\omega_0} s + 1} \\[8pt] \text{Numerator: } k_{P,\mathrm{PT2}} = 1 \\[8pt] \text{Denominator, coefficient of } s^2\text{: } \frac{1}{\omega_0^2} = \frac{\tau_S}{k} \rightarrow \omega_0 = \sqrt{\frac{k}{\tau_S}} \\[8pt] \text{Effect of } k_{PR} \text{ on the oscillation frequency: } \omega_0 \sim \sqrt{k_{PR}} \\[8pt] \text{Denominator, coefficient of } s\text{: } \frac{2D}{\omega_0} = \frac{1}{k} \rightarrow D = \frac{\omega_0}{2k} = \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{1}{k \cdot \tau_S}} \\[8pt] \text{Effect of } k_{PR} \text{ on the damping: } D \sim \sqrt{\frac{1}{k_{PR}}} \end{gathered} \]

We can influence parameter k directly via the controller’s kPR. Parameter k acts on the oscillation frequency and the damping of the controlled system. So the controller settings influence the transient behaviour of the controlled system.

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