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7.3.5 Practice 5: Flow control loops (Proportional + Derivative)

7.3.5.1 Objectives

This practice supplements the previous one. The objective is to observe the
effect that a derivative performance superimposed to a proportional action, in an
actuator, has.

7.3.5.2 Required material

It is required for the realization of the practice:

• UCP-F

• Control and Acquisition Software.

• Water.

7.3.5.3 Experimental procedure

1.- Connect the Interface and execute the control software (For more
details about the software control, see the Software Manual M4)

2.- Select the option “Control PID” on the capture screen. (For more
information about the meaning of each parameter, see the Software Manual, M4).

3.- Select a set point, PID controller and a proportional and derivative
constant. The value for the derivative constant should be small so that the
performance is small and it does not generate an on/off performance in the actuator.

4.- Indicate a value of 0 for the integral performance. In this experiment,

we want to observe the effects of a proportional action plus a derivative action.
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5.- Activate the PID controller, go out, and save the values. The student
will observe that the motorized valve begins to act.

6.- Connect pump 1 (AB-1).

7.- The controller will modify the position of the AVP-1 (Proportional
Valve) to adjust the flow to the set value.