Automated setting of regulators for automated process control systems in the Simintech visual modeling system

For successful technological process in automated control systems it is necessary to maintain technological parameters constantly at the required level, which is ensured by the use of automated process control systems (APCS). The classical solution of this problem is the application of control devices of various types, the choice of which directly depends on the system under consideration and the requirements to it. The leading position among the automatic control system regulators for the last decades belongs to the proportional-integral-differentiating (PID) regulator, which efficiency of application in the technological process is defined by the speed and accuracy of its work. These qualities directly depend on the correct setting of the regulator parameters. The synthesis of regulators requires using of modern computer-aided design systems. The article presents the method of automatic setting of PID-regulator of the dynamic system of high order with negative feedback on the example of automatic room temperature control system. The modern Russian environment of dynamic simulation of technical systems SimInTech applied at a number of nuclear, oil refining and aerospace enterprises is used as the environment for system model development, as well as the process of its analysis and optimization. The main components of the system and transfer functions of its elements are presented. The step-by-step description of the process of project construction from standard software blocks and submodels, interacting through a single database with the use of built-in programming language, is described. The use of the built-in block of SimInTech visual simulation environment optimization for automated search of PID-regulator parameters is described in details and illustrated. The advantages and disadvantages of this adjustment method revealed during the project implementation are listed.