The autotuned dead-time compensating control system with improved disturbance rejection

This paper presents the concept of auto-tuned control system with modified Smith Predictor that can be used as an effective dead-time compensator. For better disturbance rejection capability the system is equipped with an additional feedback loop and is extended to cascade structure. Several tuning rules for the master controller are presented. The article also includes the results of simulations for two particular configurations of the system structure..