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Control Lab Report
Control Lab Report
Introduction:
A control system is an arrangement of physical components connected or
related in such a manner as to regulate itself or another system. In this
experiment, we used CE117 Process trainer and CE2000 Control Software
to test such systems.
Process control is the act of controlling a final control element to change
the manipulated variable to maintain the process variable at a desired Set
Point. Controlling a process requires knowledge of four basic elements, the
process itself, the sensor that measures the process value, the final
control element that changes the manipulated variable, and the controller.
Sensors measure the value of the process output which we wish to effects.
Experiment 1 & 2
Experiment 1- Process Loop Pump Characteristic
Procedure:
First part of the lab procedure was to design a graph of flow against pump
voltage. We did this by first setting the pump voltage to 0V, valve voltage
to 10V and run the software and start recording. We then increased the
pump voltage to 6V (lab script said 10V) and allowed the flow to stabilise
before recording the voltage from the transmitter for each pump voltage.
Pump (Volt)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
After plotting this graph, we returned the pump voltage to 3V (6V stated in
lab script) and then increased it to 4V (7V stated in lab script). The flow
rate transient was recorded on the graph shown below.
1
a
Therefore, a = 0.145s
From the data recorded for this part of the experiment, at 10.93s
flow is approximately equal to 2.650
2.650=
k
a
Therefore, k=2.650x0.145=0.384
K=gain=0.384
The first two values are a little displaced from the original readings
because the record button was pressed a little late. This graph shows that
the level transmitter is non-linear.
Flow
Flow
h (mm)
3
(litres/mi (m /s)
n)
Level A
2.8
2.8
4.67x10-5
108
-5
Level B
2.9
2.9
4.83x10
127
The graph obtained for the level transmitter output is shown
h (m)
0.108
0.127
below:
1
a
Therefore, a = 6.99x10-3
From the graph, at 227.05s flow is equal to 9.5V
9.5=
k
a
Therefore, gain=k=0.066
Now, to compare your values with those calculated we use the following method:
2
h=0.1270.108=0.019m
1
1
k= =
5.650
A 0.177
5
4-
a=
d 2 ( 150 x 0.001 )
=
0.177 m 2
4
4
q ( 4.834.67 ) x 10
=
=4.757 x 104 s
A h
0.177 x 0.019
Proportional Gain 5:
Analysis:
When we compare this graph with that of Proportional Gain 10, we
can clearly see that smaller gain gives a bigger offset. The
Analysis:
Analysis: