EEE 2404- CONTROL ENGINEERING

CLASS WORK
QUESTION ONE
a. Discuss the practical needs of compensation of feedback in control systems.
(5 marks)
b. With the aid of a block diagrams, explain the THREE types of compensating control and
deduce their respective transfer functions.
(7 marks)
c. State the FOUR steps usually taken when designing a controller for a closed loop
system.
(6 marks)
d. Sketch the electrical circuit diagram for a phase-lag compensator and also sketch its
output response on a Bode diagram.
(6 marks)
OUESTION TWO
a. Obtain the transfer function of a phase-lead network and then deduce the expression
of the maximum phase angle.
(8 marks)
b. Using the Bode plot method, design a cascade compensator for the whose feed forward
transfer function is expressed as
2K
G( s) 
ss  1s  2

The required specifications are

i. Static velocity error coefficient is 5/sec
ii. Phase margin (PM) at least 40 degrees
iii. Gain margin (GM at least to dB)
NB frequency range 0-100 radsec-1
(20 marks)
OUESTION THREE
a. With the aid of a block diagram of a PID control show the expression of its output in
time domain.
(8 marks)
b. A PID compensator is to be designed for the system given by the following transfer
function
4
G( s) 
s( s  1)( s  2)
The system phase margin frequency is given as w1 = 1.7 radsec-1 and required phase
angle (m) is 50o.
Obtain the respective values of the PID controller.
(12 marks)