Abstract

In many industrial processes—from chemical reactors to heating and distillation systems—precise temperature control is essential for efficiency, safety, and product quality. This seminar presents a simulation-based study on improving temperature regulation in a Continuous Stirred Tank Heater (CSTH) through advanced control strategies. Building on prior work that utilized a PID cascade controller, I developed a fractional-order PID (FO-PID) controller and optimize its parameters using the Whale Optimization Algorithm. The FO-PID controller introduces fractional calculus to enhance dynamic responsiveness and robustness. Comparative results demonstrate that FO-PID substantially outperforms the conventional PID cascade controller, achieving approximately 97% reduction in percentage overshoot and 87% improvement in settling time, while maintaining similar steady-state error. These findings highlight the potential of fractional-order control combined with metaheuristic optimization to advance process automation and support more sustainable, high-performance industrial systems.

About the Speaker

Mr. Abdulaziz Alaswadi received his Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Sana'a University, Yemen, in 2021. Currently, he is a Master’s student in the Control and Instrumentation Engineering Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. His academic and research background spans process modeling, advanced control strategies, and the broader domain of cyber-physical systems. He has worked on projects involving process control and the analysis of dynamic mechatronic systems, with a growing interest in AI-driven cybersecurity for modern networked control environments.