control system

A mechanical, optical, or electronic system that is used to maintain a desired output.

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control system - a system for controlling the operation of another system

closed loop, closed-loop system - a control system with a feedback loop that is active

servo, servomechanism, servosystem - control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system

system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

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PlantESP is widely recognized as the leading, most intuitive control loop performance monitoring solution.

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In this contribution, the robust stability of a control loop with two feedback controllers and a heating-cooling system with a heat exchanger [7], modelled as the anisochronic model with internal delays and parametric uncertainty, is analyzed with the assistance of the numerical calculations of the value sets and the graphical evaluation of the zero exclusion condition.

Robust Stabilization of a Heating-Cooling System by Using Two Feedback Controllers: A Numerical-Graphical Analysis

It is possible to study and develop the methodology for tuning the control loop at one of these facilities on the basis of a laboratory bench.

Experimental study of the variation dynamic's for air heat exchanger

The VOC comprises a dual-loop structure: a slow outer control loop and a fast inner current control loop.

Rotor Speed Control of a Direct-Driven Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator-Based Wind Turbine Using Phase- Lag Compensators to Optimize Wind Power Extraction

A current control loop can be designed based on the current dynamics.

A comparative study of Dc- Dc coverter with dynamic evolution control

For example, the CHW valve opening in a typical building at the Texas A&M University is treated as a process variable which forms the output of the PID control loop. The valve opening is controlled to minimize the error between the measured and setpoint values of the discharge air temperature of the AHU.

Identification and elimination of hunting behavior in HVAC systems

Control structure of electric drive consists of those: an inner current control loop and of outer speed and position loops, optionally.

Improving control dynamics of PMSM drive by estimating zero-delay current value

The next task of the current control loop is to keep the current within safe limits and a quality decoupling current loops for magnetizing and torque current component [i.sub.Sx], [i.sub.Sy].

Implementation of Genetic Algorithm in Control Structure of Induction Motor A.C. Drive

The x-axis is the output of the building pressure control loop that is maintaining building pressure at setpoint.

Return fans in VAV systems

In these cases, it means that there is not only larger number of independent SISO (single-variable) control loop. These control loops are complex with several controlled variables where separate variables are not mutually independent.

Simulation of control of multi-variable control loop: steam turbine