Control structures for flow process

Abstract

In the industrial domain, a large number of applications is covered by slow processes, including the flow, the pressure, the temperature and the level control. Each control system must be treated in steady and dynamic states and from the point of view of the possible technical solutions. Based on mathematical models of the processes and design calculations, PC programs allow simulation and the determination of the control system performances.The paper presents a part of an industrial process with classical control loops of flow and temperature. The mathematical model of the flow control process was deducted, the control structure, based on experimental criterions, was designed and the version witch ensure the imposed performances was chosen. Using Matlab, the robustness performances were studied.

Keywords

• flow control
• tuning algorithm
• robust control