Systems and methods for mitigation of oscillation in a closed-loop system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10180690-B2
Application number	US-201615076930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2016
Priority date	Mar 22, 2016
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a feedback controller and logic. The feedback controller may be configured to, based on a setpoint value and a measured process value calculate an error between the setpoint value and the measured process value and generate a driving signal based on the error. The logic may be configured to determine if oscillation is present in the driving signal, determine if oscillation is present in an operational parameter other than the driving signal such that oscillation of such operational parameter may cause oscillation in the measured process value, determine if oscillation present in the driving signal is correlated with oscillation present in the operational parameter, and adjust a control parameter of the feedback controller responsive to determining that oscillation present in the driving signal is not correlated to oscillation present in the operational parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a feedback controller configured to, based on a setpoint value, a measured process value, and a control parameter:
calculate an error between the setpoint value and the measured process value; and
generate a driving signal based on the error; and
control an air mover based on the driving signal; and

logic configured to:
 determine if oscillation is present in the driving signal;
 determine if oscillation is present in an operational parameter other than the driving signal such that oscillation of such operational parameter may cause oscillation in the measured process value;
 determine if oscillation present in the driving signal is correlated with oscillation present in the operational parameter; and
 adjust the control parameter of the feedback controller responsive to determining that oscillation present in the driving signal is not correlated to oscillation present in the operational parameter;
 wherein the operational parameter comprises one of an input power to at least one system component cooled by the air mover and a utilization rate of the at least one system component cooled by the air mover.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the logic is further configured to:
prompt a user to enable a minimum limit on the driving signal responsive to determining that oscillation present in the driving signal is not correlated to oscillation present in the operational parameter; and
cause the minimum limit to be placed on the driving signal responsive to the user indicating enabling the minimum limit.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control parameter comprises a controller gain of the feedback controller.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feedback controller is a proportional-integral-differential controller, and the control parameter comprises one of a proportional gain, an integral gain, and a differential gain of the feedback controller.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the setpoint value is a maximum temperature and the measured process value is a measured temperature.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driving signal is a signal for controlling a speed of an air mover.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the setpoint value is a maximum temperature and the measured process value is a measured temperature, and the feedback controller is configured to control the speed to maintain the measured temperature below the maximum temperature.

8. A method comprising:
determining if oscillation is present in a driving signal generated by a feedback controller configured to generate the driving signal based on a control parameter and an error between a set point value and a measured process value;
controlling an air mover based on the driving signal;
determining if oscillation is present in an operational parameter other than the driving signal such that oscillation of such operational parameter may cause oscillation in the measured process value;
determining if oscillation present in the driving signal is correlated with oscillation present in the operational parameter; and
adjusting the control parameter of the feedback controller responsive to determining that oscillation present in the driving signal is not correlated to oscillation present in the operational parameters;
wherein the operational parameter comprises one of an input power to at least one component cooled by the air mover and a utilization rate of the at least one component cooled by the air mover.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
prompting a user to enable a minimum limit on the driving signal responsive to determining that oscillation present in the driving signal is not correlated to oscillation present in the operational parameter; and
causing the minimum limit to be placed on the driving signal responsive to the user indicating enabling the minimum limit.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the control parameter comprises a controller gain of the feedback controller.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the feedback controller is a proportional-integral-differential controller, and the control parameter comprises one of a proportional gain, an integral gain, and a differential gain of the feedback controller.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the setpoint value is a maximum temperature and the measured process value is a measured temperature.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the driving signal is a signal for controlling a speed of an air mover.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the setpoint value is a maximum temperature and the measured process value is a measured temperature, and the feedback controller is configured to control the speed of the air mover to maintain the measured temperature below the maximum temperature.

15. An article of manufacture comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the computer-executable instructions readable by a processor, the computer-executable instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
determine if oscillation is present in a driving signal generated by a feedback controller configured to generate the driving signal based on a control parameter and an error between a set point value and a measured process value;
control a plant based on the driving signal;
determine if oscillation is present in an operational parameter other than the driving signal such that oscillation of such operational parameter may cause oscillation in the measured process value;
determine if oscillation present in the driving signal is correlated with oscillation present in the operational parameter;
adjust the control parameter of the feedback controller responsive to determining that oscillation present in the driving signal is not correlated to oscillation present in the operational parameter;
prompt a user to enable a minimum limit on the driving signal responsive to determining that oscillation present in the driving signal is not correlated to oscillation present in the operational parameter; and
cause the minimum limit to be placed on the driving signal responsive to the user indicating enabling the minimum limit.

16. The article of claim 15 , wherein the control parameter comprises a controller gain of the feedback controller.

17. The article of claim 15 , wherein the setpoint value is a maximum temperature, the measured process value is a measured temperature, and the driving signal is a signal for controlling a speed of an air mover.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Peterson Chris E
• Lovicott Dominick A
• Rao Anil V

Classifications

• G06F1/20

  Cooling means · CPC title

• G05B11/42

  for obtaining a characteristic which is both proportional and time-dependent, e.g. P. I., P. I. D. · CPC title

• F16F15/002

  characterised by the control method or circuitry (control of mechanical oscillations per se G05D19/00) · CPC title

• G05D19/02 Primary

  characterised by the use of electric means · CPC title

• G05B5/01

  electric · CPC title