A Novel Genetic Optimization Algorithm for PID Control Parameter Optimization of Axial Electromagnetic Bearing

PID control is the most mature control method in classical control theory. PID control is widely used in the electromagnetic bearing control system. However, how to design PID control parameters to reduce the adjustment time and overshoot of electromagnetic bearings after disturbance is still an issue that needs to be further investigated. In this paper, the influence of "natural" stiffness and "natural" damping on system stability is evaluated to select the value range of P and D control parameters, and the value range of the I parameter is determined by using the Rouse criterion. Based on the genetic algorithm with a novel fitness function considering both the system phase margin and closed-loop bandwidth, the PID controller parameters are optimized. The simulation results show that the overshoot and the adjustment time of the genetic algorithm optimized PID controller are much smaller than that of the conventional method.