Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal Incubator

A preterm baby requires an environment identical to that of the womb. Therefore, a neonatal incubator can be used to provide an environment comparable to that of neonates in women. In this study, the overall system was designed using mathematical analysis. The neonate is shown as a single lump with...

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Main Authors: Lamrot Hailemichael Woldeamanuel, Arun Ramaveerapathiran
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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description A preterm baby requires an environment identical to that of the womb. Therefore, a neonatal incubator can be used to provide an environment comparable to that of neonates in women. In this study, the overall system was designed using mathematical analysis. The neonate is shown as a single lump with two layers: core and skin. The model included all components of the neonatal incubator system. The neonatal incubator system was simulated using the MATLAB/Simulink software. Both the skin and air modes have a closed-loop simulation model controlled by a multivariable PID controller. In fact, we performed tuning using the sequential loop-closing tuning method. The simulation results show that for the skin temperature (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{T}_{\mathrm {s}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), the overshoot is reduced from 23.1096&#x0025; to 6.117&#x0025; and the settling time is also reduced from 4066.8 seconds to 755.8 seconds using decoupling and sequential loop closing tuning method with PID controller. Similarly, for air temperature (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{T}_{\mathrm {a}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), the overshoot was reduced from 59.65&#x0025; to 7.2456&#x0025;, and the settling time was also reduced from 2302.1 seconds to 530.48 seconds. For both skin mode and air mode operation, using decoupling and sequential loop closing tuning method with PID controller, the relative humidity has an improved settling time with an overshoot of 8.559&#x0025; and 9.43&#x0025;, respectively. In general, a PID controller improves the overall system performance. The PID controller accelerated the system by reducing the time constant.
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spelling doaj.art-5826b6e05e69408fa9ce24b06e969f932024-01-13T00:02:52ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-01126051606210.1109/ACCESS.2024.334942610379645Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal IncubatorLamrot Hailemichael Woldeamanuel0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8009-6042Arun Ramaveerapathiran1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4134-9941Department of Electrical and Electronics Technology, Debra Berhan Polytechnic College, Debre Berhan, EthiopiaDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Technology, Debra Berhan Polytechnic College, Debre Berhan, EthiopiaA preterm baby requires an environment identical to that of the womb. Therefore, a neonatal incubator can be used to provide an environment comparable to that of neonates in women. In this study, the overall system was designed using mathematical analysis. The neonate is shown as a single lump with two layers: core and skin. The model included all components of the neonatal incubator system. The neonatal incubator system was simulated using the MATLAB/Simulink software. Both the skin and air modes have a closed-loop simulation model controlled by a multivariable PID controller. In fact, we performed tuning using the sequential loop-closing tuning method. The simulation results show that for the skin temperature (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{T}_{\mathrm {s}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), the overshoot is reduced from 23.1096&#x0025; to 6.117&#x0025; and the settling time is also reduced from 4066.8 seconds to 755.8 seconds using decoupling and sequential loop closing tuning method with PID controller. Similarly, for air temperature (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{T}_{\mathrm {a}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), the overshoot was reduced from 59.65&#x0025; to 7.2456&#x0025;, and the settling time was also reduced from 2302.1 seconds to 530.48 seconds. For both skin mode and air mode operation, using decoupling and sequential loop closing tuning method with PID controller, the relative humidity has an improved settling time with an overshoot of 8.559&#x0025; and 9.43&#x0025;, respectively. In general, a PID controller improves the overall system performance. The PID controller accelerated the system by reducing the time constant.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10379645/Humiditymultivariable PID controllerneonatal incubatortemperature
spellingShingle Lamrot Hailemichael Woldeamanuel
Arun Ramaveerapathiran
Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal Incubator
IEEE Access
Humidity
multivariable PID controller
neonatal incubator
temperature
title Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal Incubator
title_full Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal Incubator
title_fullStr Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal Incubator
title_full_unstemmed Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal Incubator
title_short Design of Multivariable PID Control Scheme for Humidity and Temperature Control of Neonatal Incubator
title_sort design of multivariable pid control scheme for humidity and temperature control of neonatal incubator
topic Humidity
multivariable PID controller
neonatal incubator
temperature
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10379645/
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