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Control Systems
(ECE006-CH42FB2)
by:
Dug-a, Princess Dianne A.
Ipo, Dannica Mherl W.
Problem 12: A process tank has two input
streams - Stream 1 at mass flow rate w1 and
Stream 2 at mass flow rate w2. The tank's
effluent stream, at flow rate w, discharges
through a fixed valve to atmospheric pressure.
Pressure drop across the valve is proportional
to the flow rate squared. The cross sectional
area of the tank, A, is 5 m2, and the mass
density of all streams is 940 kg/m3.
a.) Draw a schematic diagram of the process
and write an appropriate dynamic model for
the tank level. What is the corresponding
steady-state model?
a.)
W1 W2
h
W
FT
W1 W2
W
Rearrange Eq.5 to get the feedforwar d (FF)
controller relaton,
w 2 C v hR w 1 where hR 2.25 m
w 2 (2 . 13 )(1 . 5) W1 3.2 - W1 (6)
Note that Eq.6, for a value of w 1 2.0, gives
w 2 3 . 2 1 . 2 2 . 0 kg/s which is desired value.
If the actual FF controller follows the relaton,
w 2 3 . 2 1 . 1w 1 ( fow transmite r 10% higher),
w 2 will change as soon as the FF controller is on,
w 2 3 . 2 1 . 1(2 . 0 ) 3 . 2 2 . 2 1 . 0 kg/s
(instead of the correct value, 1.2 kg/s)
Then C v h 2.13 h 2.0 1.0
3
or h 1.408 and h 1.983 m (instead of 2.25m)
2.13
2.25 - 1.983
Error in desired level x 100 % 11 .9%
2.25
The sensitvit y does not look too bad in the sense that a
10% error in fow measuremen t gives 12% error in desired
level. Before making this conclusion , however, one should
check how well the operatng FF controller works for a
change in w 1 (e.g., w 1 0.4 kg/s).