Description

Flow control serves to demonstrate and teach the measurements and control of liquid flow processes. Flow Process Control course gives students virtual experience raising and lowering water flow rates to preset levels using manual control and auto-tuning methods. Students create variable demand and supply disturbances by opening an outlet valve along the supply pipe.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Process Control
• Introduction to ProcessMotion Simulation Software
• Block Diagrams and Gain
• The System Block Diagram and Final Control Element Gain
• Calculating Process Gain
• First Order Systems
• The Flow System Time Constant
• Controlling the Flow System Using Open Loop Control
• Introduction to On-Off Control
• On-Off Control – Tasks
• Controlling the Flow System Using On-Off Control
• Proportional Control
• First Order Systems Under Proportional Control
• Controlling the Flow System Using Proportional Control
• Proportional Integral (PI) Control
• Controlling the Flow System Using PI Control
• Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) Control
• Controlling the Flow System Using PID Control
• Controller Selection and Design
• Designing Controllers for the Flow System