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Abstract

The fuzzy controllers were developed to create alternative ways to classic control in order to avoid complex mathematical calculations involved in the design and have the characteristic to adapt itself to changes that may occur in the plant due to external sources. This paper shows the design of a fuzzy PD control for a furnace, which can be initialized to work with different temperature sensors that are commonly found in industry (PT100, J Thermocouple, K thermocouple, S thermocouple). In this paper we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of working with fuzzy control, plus it is orderly explained the different stages of the process to create it, from the signal processing of the sensors to the controller output.