Comparison of conventional closed-loop controller with an adaptive controller for a disturbed thermodynamic system

Non-adaptive proportional controllers suffer from the ability to handle a system disturbance leading to a large steady-state error and undesired transient behavior. On the other hand, they are easy to implement and tune. This article examines whether an adaptive controller based on the MIT and Lyapunov principle leads to a more robust and accurate regulation. Both controllers have been tested on a thermodynamic system exposed to a disturbance. The experiment shows that the adaptive controller handles the disturbance faster and more accurate.