Problem:PID Controller : Ziegler-Nichols Tuning Method
Consider the following system shown in Fig.2 in which a PID controller is used to control the system.
Fig.2
The PID controller has the transfer function
Gc(s)= Kp (1+1/Tis+Tds)
Design a PID controller for this system using Ziegler-Nichols tuning method for determination of Kp, Ti and Td. Then obtain a unit-step response curve and check to see if the designed system exhibits approximately 25% maximum overshoot. If the maximum overshoot is excessive(40% or more), make a fine tuning (most suitable tuning) and reduce the amount of the maximum overshoot to approximately 25% or less.