Design, implementation, and simulation of a PLC based speed controller using fuzzy logic

Author

Graham, A.M. ; Etezadi-Amoli, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nevada Univ., Reno, NV, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2475

Abstract

Successful implementation of the fuzzy method for speed control of a motor/generator set using a general-purpose programmable logic controller (PLC) is demonstrated in this paper. Speed control of DC motors via a changing armature voltage is a common practice throughout industry. In addition, general-purpose PLCs are the most common controllers utilized in the control of power plants and industrial plants. However, this work suggests a method for increasing the utilization level of an existing general-purpose PLC. In effect, the PLC is requested to perform the additional task of speed control using the elegant and effective fuzzy scheme. With a control scheme based on fuzzy methods, the speed control algorithm was accomplished from within the standard PLC ladder-logic. In addition, simulations were performed for a speed governor for a typical 11 MW steam turbine

Keywords

DC motors; angular velocity control; control system synthesis; fuzzy control; machine control; programmable controllers; synchronous generators; 11 MW; DC motors; PLC based speed controller; changing armature voltage; fuzzy logic control; fuzzy methods; ladder-logic; motor/generator set; programmable logic controller; speed control; speed control algorithm; speed governor; steam turbine; synchronous generator; DC motors; Fuzzy control; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets; Industrial control; Industrial plants; Power generation; Programmable control; Turbines; Velocity control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2000. IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6420-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.2000.867380

Filename

867380