Comparison of Performance of Optimized Varela Immune Controller and PID Controller for Control of Time-Delay Process

Abstract:

Varela immune controller is a kind of nonlinear controller, which is said to have good anti-delay capabilities. We compare the performance of simulated annealing optimized improved Varela immune controller and optimized PID controller for controlling a process with very long time delay (approximation of biomass-fired boiler temperature control). The results confirm that Varela immune controller is indeed capable of stabilizing the process while being very robust even to extreme changes in process parameters (time constant and time delay). In addition to that, it is also found out that properly (optimally) tuned PID controller is capable of achieving similar performance. The problem of controller tuning is relevant for both controllers but there are no tuning rules for immune controllers, which might favor the use of conventional PID controller. On the other hand, Varela controller has greater flexibility due to its more complex structure, which might help to adapt it to some special kinds of processes.

• Periodical: International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa (Volume 18)
• Pages: 103-111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.18.103
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Alexander Hošovský*, Mária Tóthová, Kamil Židek
• Keywords: Antibodies, B-Cells, Controller Effort, Immune Controller, Time-Delay

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