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"Student final project - PID controller"

TYPESpecial Seminar - Solid State Institute, Technion
Speaker:Ms. Hagar Hassine
Affiliation:Physics Department and Solid State Institute, Technion
Date:07.08.2013
Time:12:30
Location:Solid State Auditorium(Entrance)
Remark:M.Sc. Student of Professor Michael Reznikov
Abstract:A Proportional-Integral-Differential controller is a control loop mechanism, commonly
used to force a controlling parameter, e.g. temperature, to a desired value at satisfying
accuracy. It is a simple algorithm, which is easy to implement, and it is therefore widely
used to control both laboratory and industrial processes.
The aim of this project was to adopt a PID controller for the temperature stabilization of
low temperature measurements. The temperature sensor was a resistor with temperaturedependent resistivity.
In this work I analyzed the physical properties of the system under control affecting the
temperature stabilization, and investigated the logic behind choosing proper parameters for
the PID controller. I compared the experimental results with analysis of the system based
on solution of the differential equations for the system dynamics.