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On transitioning from PID to ADRC in thermal power plants

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This paper focuses on the recent progress in the adoption of active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) in thermal processes as a viable alternative to proportional–integral–derivative (PID), especially in coal-fired power plants. The profound interpretation of this paradigm shift, with backward compatibility, is discussed in detail. A few fundamental issues associated with ADRC’s applications in thermal processes are discussed, such as implementation, tuning, and the structural changes. Examples and case studies are presented, encompassing coal-fired power plants, gas turbines and nuclear power plants, as well as highlighting results of field applications. Also discussed are future research opportunities brought by ADRC’s entry as the baseline control technology in thermal processes.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Science & Technology Research Project in Henan Province of China (No. 212102311052), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFB0901405) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61473265). Special thanks go to Elsevier, MDPI and American Chemical Society Publications for their permissions of the reproduction and reuse Figs. 1, 4, 7 and 8, Figs. 5 and 6, and Figs. 11 and 12, respectively. Special thanks also go to Dr. Yuqiong Zhang at China Electric Power Research Institute, Dr. Li Sun at Southeast University and Dr. Ting He at Jinan University for their support in figure data of the field application results.

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    Zhenlong Wu & Yanhong Liu

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    Zhiqiang Gao

  3. State Key Lab of Power Systems, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Donghai Li

  4. Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation (MESA) Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of California, Merced, CA, 95343, USA

    YangQuan Chen

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Wu, Z., Gao, Z., Li, D. et al. On transitioning from PID to ADRC in thermal power plants. Control Theory Technol. 19, 3–18 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11768-021-00032-4

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