Design of Standard PID Controller for Exothermic Batch Process Simulation

This article presents a dynamic simulation of an exothermic batch process using SIMULINK and Mat lab. The work considers design of a standard PID (Proportional- Integral-Derivative) controller with two scenarios of tuning setting. The designed control law is incorporated as a reactor temperature control loop, which usually represents a prime task in the batch process design. The paper shows that in some particular situations it is not necessary to comprise an advanced control methodology to provide efficient performance. The work demonstrates that with the standard control techniques, it is possible to drive the system to follow up a challenging set point trajectory. On the other hand, the simulation files are presented in a way that might be utilized as a benchmark for further studies, whereas the results are illustrated in a comparative manner referred to several previous studies.