PSO based Fictitious Reference Iterative Tuning of air dryer for fruit drying process

Abstract

This paper proposed on a tuning method for temperature control for fruit drying process by using fictitious reference iterative tuning (FRIT). The objective is to maintain the temperature inside the chamber matching with the desired response. The prototype of air dryer had been designed and developed as the test bench. The experimental result of tuning shows that the PSO based FRIT method is able to enhance effectiveness of tuning controller parameters.