UNIT.

I DISCRETE STATE-VARIABLE TECHNIQUE

1. State feedback controller design (Problems)
2. Stability test of discrete data system. ( Jury stability test and bilinear transformation)
3. State observer( Theory)
4. a. Construct the state model using (a) Jordon Canonical Form (B) Phase variable form (8)
b.Controllability and observability of linear time invariant discrete data system. (8)
5. a. State equation of discrete data system with sample and hold. ( 8 marks)
b. Decomposition of discrete data transfer functions.
6. Methods of computing state transition matrix.

UNIT II SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION

1. Transient analysis
2. Frequency analysis
3. correlation analysis
4. Spectral analysis
5.Least square method
6.Recursive least square method.

UNIT III DIGITAL CONTROLLER DESIGN

1. Dead-beat control
2 . Dahlin’s control
3. Pulse transfer function
4. a. Digital PID controller
b. Internal model controller
5. a. Digital feed forward controller
b. Smith predictor
 UNIT IV
QUESTIONS 1 to 5 (BASED ON RGA-VERY IMPOERTANT)

1.a) Define relative gain array.[2]

b) Mention the properties of relative gain array. [2]
c) Obtain the expression for relative gain array. [12]
2.a) For a 2 × 2 process, if λ 11 = 0.75, find other three elements of RGA. [4]
b) Explain briefly the interpretation of relative gains for the following cases.[12]
i)λ11=1
ii) λ11=0
iii) λ11=0.5
iv) 0<λ11 < 0.5 say λ11=0.25
v) 0.5<λ11 < 1 say λ11=0.8
vi) λ11>1

3 a) Determine optimum input-output pair for a 2×2 process whose RGA is,
[2M]

b) Consider a blending process with steady state gain matrix as shown below.
[4M]

How would you choose input - output pairings for this process.
c)

[10M]
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[16M]
5.a)

[4M]
b)

[8M]
6) What is multi-loop PID controller. Discuss the methods used to tune the
multi loop PID controller.
[16]
Ans. Page no. (7.39-7.44) Material available in the google drive.

7)a)Discuss Biggest Log Modulus method of tuning multi loop PID

controller(8M)
b)Explain decoupler method of tuning multi loop PID controller(8M)
8)a)

[8M]
b)

[8M]

9) Explain the interaction among the control loops for Two Input Two Output
process. [16]
10) Obtain the expression for steady state effective gain of Two Input Two Output
process.[16]

UNIT V MULTIVARIABLE REGULATORY CONTROL

1. Multivariable Model Predictive Control
2. Generalized Predictive Controller
3. Dynamic Matrix Controller
4. Multivariable Internal model controller
5. Multivariable PID Controller