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Evolving a Control System - supplement to “Process Monitoring and Control”. 3 rd year Design Module. Elements of a “Control Loop”. Measure, Control, Manipulate. Control. FC. Measure. Manipulate. Common Control Schemes. FC. PC. PC. Flow Control. Downstream Pressure Control.
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Evolving a Control System- supplement to “Process Monitoring and Control” 3rd year Design Module
Elements of a “Control Loop” • Measure, Control, Manipulate Control FC Measure Manipulate
Common Control Schemes FC PC PC Flow Control Downstream Pressure Control Upstream Pressure Control LC TC LC Temperature Control Level Control (inlet) Level Control (outlet)
First - The Overall Process • Look at the overall process mass balance Control first • Every process needs something that ‘controls’ the flow rate through it • Every process needs something to ‘control’ the inventory in it • Inventory is Pressure for gasses, Liquid Level for liquids FC
Overall Process PC PC Method 1: Control it’s flow in & “hold” it back with pressure or level Mass Balance FC Separation 2 Reactors Separation • Things to consider:- Notice recycles don’t change inventory! • A rearrangement of these is possible/desirable (depends on feed stream) • This is a ‘”degree of freedom” analysis Regneration
Look at the individual equipment • Heat exchangers need something to control temperature TC Temperature Control
Look at the individual equipment • Separators need something to control Liquid Level and possibly pressure LC LC Level Control (inlet) Level Control (outlet) Choose based on whether feed into the tank is being ‘controlled’ by an upstream process or not.
Look at the individual equipment PC • Separators need something to control Liquid Level and possibly pressure LC
Degrees of Freedom • Aka Dueling Control • You can only control the flow once in a system that requires/implies conservation of mass This Doesn’t work !! The Controllers Duel for control over the Flow FC FC
PC PC PC PC • This Doesn’t work This works !
SAMPLE FC TC LC
What to submit • An electronic PFD • Setup to print your PFD to the PDF Creator on the cluster computers – File, Printer Setup, Graphic Printer, Choose the PDF Creator • Print the Process Flow Diagram (to the PDF Creator) • Use Acrobat “snapshot tool” (camera icon) to copy and paste the PFD into Powerpoint • Drag and drop the symbols from this file onto you powerpoint slide