Patent ID: 6452360
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: H02P

Abstract:
A method for tuning a controller for a plant comprising the steps of:setting an integral gain of the controller to zero; supplying a spectrally rich input signal to a reference model and to the controller; connecting a reference model adaptive system to a proportional gain input of the controller; determining a proportional gain for the controller by continuously adjusting a gain of the model reference adaptive system until an output of the reference model and an output of the controller and the plant are within a predefined tolerance; setting the proportional gain of the controller to the determined value; connecting the reference model adaptive system to the integral gain input of the controller; and determining the integral gain of the controller by continuously adjusting the gain of the model reference adaptive system until the output of the reference model and the output of the controller and the plant are within a predefined tolerance.