OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000117

System and method of automated plant control utilizing higher order polynomials for trajectory management of control signals

Published: 2026-09-15T19:02:30.454251Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000117
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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ABSTRACT

A method of automated plant control executed by a programmable controller
includes generating a template including a defined number of steps to achieve
a plant parameter overall change between plant parameter overall initial and
final values. Each of the defined number of steps has a respective step change
between a respective step initial and final values. The template is generated
based on at least a second degree polynomial function extending between the
overall initial and final values. The programmable controller also determines
a respective control signal value for each of the steps, the respective
control signal value determined based on a relative magnitude of the step
change with respect to the overall change. The programmable controller
implements each of the steps in sequence by outputting the respective control
signal value until a sensed current plant parameter value reaches the
respective plant parameter step final value.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000117
Published 2026-09-15T19:02:30.454251Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000117