Frequency-Spectrum-Based Antiwindup Compensator for PI-Controlled Systems

This paper presents a frequency-spectrum-based conditional-integration antiwindup strategy for a general proportional-integral-type controller. The on/off condition of integral action is determined by a frequency-domain analysis of the actuator-input command without prior knowledge of set-point changes. The dynamic performance of the proposed scheme assures a desired tracking-response curve with minimal oscillation and settling time even with a change of operating conditions. This algorithm is useful in many high-performance induction-machine applications, as it does not allow the oscillation and overshoot of speed/torque responses. The main idea can be extended to general applications such as those involving chemical processes and industrial robots