Modelling And Controller Implementation

of a Band Dryer

Project phase – II
review
Team members: Project Guide:Mr. Ajith B Singh(AP/ICE)
Chandru.T(16tuic012)
Monisha.M(16tuic031)
Surya.R(16tuic049)
Tharani.M(16tuic051)
 Abstract
• Temperature control is one of the crucial process in industries involving air
drying as one of the major process. Drying is a process in which the
moisture is vaporized from the materials. The change in temperature
affects the overall performance in the drying process. The drying uses
different levels of temperature in an industrial dryer. In spite of the external
disturbances the temperature of the drying process must be maintained to
get the best output in drying. The real time band dryer is modeled using
system identification. For system identification the data is obtained from
the band dryer using DAQ in LABVIEW environment using measurement
and automation explorer. The input to the dryer chamber is the forced draft
fan and the output is the chamber temperature. Once the mathematical
modelling is done conventional controllers like P, PI, PID and adaptive
controllers like MRAC and IMC are implemented and the performance is
investigated along with performance evaluation criteria.
• KEYWORDS: Drying, Band dryer, DAQ, LABVIEW, Controllers
 Aim and objective
• The main objective of the project is to make
comparative analysis between MRAC and IMC and
determine the optimum control mode for the band
dryer system.
• The temperature of an enclosed air dryer chamber is
to be maintained by using the Control algorithms.
• Based on the response of the controller the better
control algorithm for temperature control process
must be identified for the industrial band dryer.
 Introduction
• Temperature control is important in processes like Food
processing, die-casting, paint drying, HVAC, Chemical
processing, Heat treatment etc., there are plenty of
applications for which temperature controllers can be used.
• Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal
of water or another solvent by evaporation from a solid,
semi-solid or liquid. This process is often used as a final
production step before selling or packaging products where
temperature plays a vital role.
• The drying process must be monitored and controlled using
controllers
 Drying process
• A dryer is a machine or apparatus used to remove moisture.
• It may be a small laboratory oven taking a few grams of moist material or a
large industrial unit handling Tons of wet feed per hour
There are three principal factors that define the nature of a dryer:
• The method of material conveyance through the drying section.
• The method of heating the material.
• The pressure and temperature of operation.
 Types of dryer

Rolling bed dryer

Agitated thin film dryer

Fluid bed dryer Spray dryer Fluid bed dryer

 Band dryer
• Band dryer is composed of one perforated conveyor
supporting a layer of product, passed through by process air.
• Dryer is constituted by several modular sections with
independent heating and air circulation systems.
• Hot air is blown whether downward or upward or in a
combined arrangement in order to improve homogeneity of
treatment.
 Advantages of Band dryer
• Air tight construction
• Multi-zone Temperature Profiles
• Flexible Feed Rates
• Integral Cooling Options
• Excellent Air-Flow Control
• Multiple Conveyor concepts
• Gentle Handling of Materials
• Optional Accessories
• Modular design reduces cost and time for installation
• Product quality, stability and high efficiency
• Design considerations for long term maintenance
 Flow of the process
 Data Acquisition using NI myDAQ module & LabView
Software.
 The data obtained is used for system identification.
 Mathematical Modelling & Determining Transfer Function
using MatLab environment.
 Implementing Conventional control(P, PI, PID) and adaptive
control(MRAC and IMC) for the dryer chamber using MatLab
simulink.
 Comparative analysis is done between these controller modes
and the stability performance is investigated.
 LabView-DAQ(Front Panel) for Chamber
Temperature
• The user interface we
created shows the
current temperature
measurement taken as
well as plotting the
values over time on a
waveform chart. 
• Temperature Chart stores
previous values so that
you can see the change
in values over time. 
LabView-Thermistor(Block Diagram)
Thermocouple Connection Diagram For Input
Heat
 PROPORTIONAL CONROLLER
• Proportional Controllers provides a continuous linear relation between the
output of the controller m and actuating error signal e.
• In terms of Laplace transform,
M(s) = KP E(s),
where KP is known as proportional gain or proportional sensitivity.
PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL CONTROLLER
•
• Proportional-Integral (PI) controllers are one of the most applicable controllers in
 different industries. The important need in application of these controllers is their
parameters tuning in order to gain desired result.
• The transfer function of the controller is
= Kp(1+)
where Ti is called the integral time.
Kp is called the propotional gain.
PROPOTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVE
CONTROLLER
• In the PID controller, an appropriate Kp, Ki and Kd are adjusted to achieve
•  the optimal control performance.
• The transfer function is
=kp(1++)
where KP , Ti and Td are the proportional gain, integral time and
derivative time
Comparative Analysis
 MRAC
• The system has an ordinary feedback loop composed of the
process and the controller and another feedback loop that
changes the controller parameters.
• The parameters are changed on the basis of feedback from the
error, which is the difference between the output of the system
and the output of the reference model.
 IMC
• The conventional SISO IMC consists of a forward model of
the plant, its inverse model and a low-pass filter is presented.
• The controller is designed using the inverse-model. And the
low-pass filter is used to make the system robust.
Comparative Analysis
Comparative analysis
Referances
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