Anti-Windup Control Using A PID Controller

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Anti-Windup Control Using a PID Controller
Model Description Try it in MATLAB

This example shows how to use anti-windup schemes to prevent
integration wind-up in PID controllers when the actuators are saturated. We use the PID Controller block in Simulink®
which features two built-in anti-windup methods, back-calculation and clamping, as well as a tracking mode to
handle more complex scenarios.
The plant to be controlled is a saturated first-order process with dead-time.
We start by opening the model.
Figure 1: Simulink model of PID control of a plant with input saturation.
To open this model, type sldemo_antiwindup in a MATLAB® terminal.
The PID Controller has been tuned with saturation ignored using the PID tuner of Simulink® Control Design™.
The controlled plant is a first-order process with dead-time described by
The plant has known input saturation limits of [-10, 10], which are accounted for in the Saturation block labeled Plant
Actuator. The PID Controller block in Simulink features two built-in anti-windup methods that allow the PID Controller
block to account for the available information about the plant input saturation.
Performance Without Using Anti-Windup

First, we examine the effect of saturation on the closed-loop when the saturation model is not considered by the PID
Controller block. Simulating the model in Figure 1 generates the results shown below.
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Figure 2: Setpoint vs. measured output with no anti-windup.
Figure 3: Controller output and saturated input with no anti-windup.
Figures 2 and 3 highlight two of the problems that arise when controlling a system with input saturation:
1. When the setpoint value is 10, the PID control signal reaches a steady-state at about 24, outside the range of the
actuator. The controller is therefore operating in a nonlinear region where increasing the control signal has no effect
on the system output, a condition known as winding up. Note that the dc-gain of the plant is unity, and therefore
there is no reason for the controller output to have a steady-state value outside the actuator's range.
2. When the setpoint value becomes 5, there is a considerable delay before the PID controller output returns to within
the actuator range.
Designing the PID controller to account for the effect of saturation will improve its performance by allowing it to operate
in the linear region most of the time and recover quickly from nonlinearity. Anti-windup circuitry is one way to achieve
this.
Configuring the Block for Anti-Windup Based on Back-Calculation

The back-calculation anti-windup method uses a feedback loop to discharge the PID Controller's internal integrator when
the controller hits specified saturation limits and enters nonlinear operation. To enable anti-windup, go to the PID
Advanced tab in the block's dialog; select Limit output; and enter the plant's saturation limits. Then, select back-
calculation from the Anti-windup method menu and specify the back-calculation gain Kb. The inverse of this gain is
the time constant of the anti-windup loop. In this example, the back-calculation gain is chosen to be 1. For more
information on how to choose this value, see Reference [1].
Figure 4: Enabling the back-calculation anti-windup method.
Once back-calculation is enabled, the block has an internal tracking loop that discharges the Integrator output.
Figure 5: Under-mask view of the PID Controller block with back-calculation.
Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the result of simulating the model with anti-windup activated. Note how quickly the PID control
signal returns to the linear region and how fast the loop recovers from saturation.
Figure 6: Setpoint vs. measured output with back-calculation.
Figure 7: Controller output and saturated input with back-calculation.
Figure 7 shows that the controller output u(t) and the saturated input SAT(u) coincide with each other because Limit
output is enabled.
To better visualize the effect of anti-windup, Figure 8 illustrates the plant measured output y(t) with and without anti-
windup.
Figure 8: Measured output with and without anti-windup.
Configuring the Block for Anti-Windup Based on Integrator Clamping

Another commonly used anti-windup strategy is based on conditional integration. To enable anti-windup, go to the PID
Advanced tab in the block's dialog; select Limit output; and enter the plant's saturation limits. Then, select clamping
from the Anti-windup method menu.
Figure 9: Setpoint vs. measured output with clamping.
Figure 10: Controller output and saturated input with clamping.
Figure 10 shows that the controller output u(t) and the saturated input SAT(u) coincide with each other because Limit
output is enabled.
For more information on when to use clamping, see Reference [1].
Using Tracking Mode to Handle Complex Anti-Windup Scenarios

The previously discussed anti-windup strategies relied on built-in methods to process the saturation information provided
to the block via its dialog. For those built-in techniques to work as intended, two conditions must be met:
1. The plant's saturation limits are known and can be entered into the dialog of the block.
2. The PID Controller output signal is the only signal feeding the actuator.
These conditions may be restrictive when handling general anti-windup scenarios. The PID Controller block features a
tracking mode that allows the user to set up a back-calculation anti-windup loop externally. The following two examples
are considered to illustrate the use of tracking mode for anti-windup purposes:
1. Anti-windup for saturated actuators with cascaded dynamics

2. Anti-windup for PID control with Feedforward
Constructing Anti-Windup Circuitry for Saturated Actuators with Cascaded Dynamics

In the following model, the actuator has complex dynamics. This is common when an actuator has its own closed-loop
dynamics. The PID controller is in an outer loop and sees the actuator dynamics as an inner loop, or simply a cascaded
saturated dynamics as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 11: Simulink model of PID controller with cascaded actuator dynamics.
To open this model, type sldemo_antiwindupactuator in a MATLAB terminal.
In this case, a successful anti-windup strategy requires feeding back the actuator output to the tracking port of the PID
Controller block as shown in Figure 11. To configure the tracking mode of the PID Controller block, go to the PID
Advanced tab in the block's dialog; select Enable tracking mode; and specify the gain Kt. The inverse of this gain is
the time constant of the tracking loop. For more information on how to choose this gain, see Reference [1].
Figure 12: Enabling the tracking mode of the PID Controller block.
Figures 13 and 14 show that the plant's measured output y(t) and the controller output u(t) are responding almost
immediately to changes in the setpoint. Without the anti-windup circuit, these responses would be sluggish with long
delays.
Figure 13: Setpoint vs. measured output.
Figure 14: Controller output and effective saturated input.
Constructing Anti-Windup Circuitry for PID Control with Feedforward

In another common control configuration, the actuator receives a control signal that is a combination of a PID control
signal and a feedforward control signal.
To accurately build a back-calculation anti-windup loop, the tracking signal should subtract the contribution of the
feedforward signal. This allows the PID Controller block to know its share of the effective control signal applied to the
actuator.
The following model includes a feedforward control.
Figure 15: Simulink model of PID controller with feedforward, and plant input saturation.
The feedforward gain is selected to be unity here because the plant has a dc-gain of 1.
To open this model, type sldemo_antiwindupfeedforward in a MATLAB terminal.
Figures 16 and 17 show that the plant's measured output y(t) and the controller output u(t) are responding almost
immediately to changes in the setpoint. When the setpoint value is 10, note how in Figure 17 the controller output u(t)
reduces to be within the range of the actuator.
Figure 16: Setpoint vs. measured output without anti-windup.
Figure 17: Controller output and saturated input with anti-windup.

Summary
The PID Controller block supports several features that allow it to handle controller windup issues under commonly
encountered industrial scenarios.
References
1. K. Åström, T. Hägglund, Advanced PID Control, ISA, Research Triangle Park, NC, August 2005.

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Model Description Try it in MATLAB

The plant to be controlled is a saturated first-order process with dead-time.

We start by opening the model.

Figure 1: Simulink model of PID control of a plant with input saturation.

To open this model, type sldemo_antiwindup in a MATLAB® terminal.

The controlled plant is a first-order process with dead-time described by

Performance Without Using Anti-Windup

Figure 2: Setpoint vs. measured output with no anti-windup.

Figure 3: Controller output and saturated input with no anti-windup.

Configuring the Block for Anti-Windup Based on Back-Calculation

Figure 4: Enabling the back-calculation anti-windup method.

Figure 5: Under-mask view of the PID Controller block with back-calculation.

Figure 6: Setpoint vs. measured output with back-calculation.

Figure 7: Controller output and saturated input with back-calculation.

Figure 8: Measured output with and without anti-windup.

Configuring the Block for Anti-Windup Based on Integrator Clamping

Figure 9: Setpoint vs. measured output with clamping.

Figure 10: Controller output and saturated input with clamping.

For more information on when to use clamping, see Reference [1].

Using Tracking Mode to Handle Complex Anti-Windup Scenarios

1. Anti-windup for saturated actuators with cascaded dynamics

Constructing Anti-Windup Circuitry for Saturated Actuators with Cascaded Dynamics

To open this model, type sldemo_antiwindupactuator in a MATLAB terminal.

Figure 13: Setpoint vs. measured output.

Figure 14: Controller output and effective saturated input.

Constructing Anti-Windup Circuitry for PID Control with Feedforward

The following model includes a feedforward control.

To open this model, type sldemo_antiwindupfeedforward in a MATLAB terminal.

Figure 16: Setpoint vs. measured output without anti-windup.

Figure 17: Controller output and saturated input with anti-windup.

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