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ArticleScientific reports2026

A novel hyperbolic tangent-based PID controller tuned by the artificial lemming algorithm for nonlinear steam condenser pressure control.

Serdar Ekinci, Davut Izci, Mostafa Jabari, Emre Çelik, Mohit Bajaj, Pradeep Vishnuram, Olena Rubanenko

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Serdar EkinciDepartment of Computer Engineering, Bitlis Eren University, 13100, Bitlis, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7673-2553
Davut IzciDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa Uludag University, 16059, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8359-0875
Mostafa JabariDepartment of Astronautics, Electrical and Energy Engineering (DIAEE), "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Emre ÇelikDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2961-0035
Mohit BajajDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, 248002, India. mohitbajajphd@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1086-457X
Pradeep VishnuramDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 603203, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5634-9178
Olena RubanenkoDepartment of Power Plants and System, Vinnytsia National Technical University, Vinnytsia, 21000, Ukraine. olenarubanenko@vntu.edu.ua.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2660-182X

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Abstract

Precise pressure regulation in nonlinear shell-and-tube steam condensers is essential for maintaining thermal efficiency and operational safety in power generation plants; however, conventional proportional-integral (PI) and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers struggle with nonlinear dynamics, leading to overshoot, slower settling, and reduced robustness. In this regard, a novel hyperbolic tangent-based PID (tanh-PID) controller is developed in this study to introduce smooth nonlinear gain modulation, enabling enhanced damping behavior and improved transient shaping. The recently introduced artificial lemming algorithm (ALA) is employed to optimally tune the proposed controller for integral of time-weighted absolute error minimization. Extensive simulation studies are performed using a comprehensive nonlinear condenser model incorporating steam-air interactions and hot-well dynamics. The proposed strategy is benchmarked against four competitive optimization algorithms (coati optimization algorithm, dandelion optimizer, success-history based adaptive differential evolution with linear population size reduction, and adaptive artificial electric field algorithm) and compared with state-of-the-art PI and fractional-order PID (FOPID) controllers reported in the literature. The ALA-tuned tanh-PID achieves the lowest integral of time-weighted absolute error (2.1189), fastest rise time (0.5960 s), minimal settling time (12.4799 s) and overshoot (5.8056%), along with near-zero steady-state error (4.0776 × 10⁻

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Artificial lemming algorithmHyperbolic tangent PIDNonlinear dynamicsRobustness analysisSteam condenser controlTime-domain performance

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