ar0t6 Overview Case Stuci pH Control Nonlinear Control Environmental Control Temperature Control Pressure Controt Level Control Flow Control “Temperature Conral Temperature Control Introduction Temperature, pressure, ow, and level ae the four most common process variables. Temperature isthe ‘most important one because it provides a critical condition for combustion, chemical reaction, ermentation, drying, calcination, dstlation, concentration, extrusion, rystalization, and aie conditioning, Poor temperature contro! can cause major safety, quallly, and productivity problems. though highly desirable, iti is often dffcult to contol the temperature. Why Temperature Control Can Be Difficutt The many reasons why a temperature loop is dtfcult to control are listed and described in the following table: The Furnaces, kins, bulldings, and operating units Manual tuning ofa slow temperature loop slowness of with large heat capacity ll have slow requires persistence and patience. tho temperature oops temperature loop Time- tis ofen much fastero add heatto an \Vanying time delays and time constants can varying operating untthan to take the heataway, if easily cause a PID to oscillate or become cooling isnot available. Thus, te time constant sluggish. PID can bs tuned for certain can vary dramatically depending on ifthe operating conditions but may fal when the temperature is going up ar down. process dynamics change. Nonlinear Control valves: the dead band and slip-stick A PID or model-based controller may work action make tne temperature loop nonlinear, well inits linear range and fallin its nonlinear range Mult-zone Glass forehearth furnaces, plastic extuders, This MIMO (mult-input-mult-output) process temperature and rapid thermal processing units require cannotbe effectively controlled by using control control oftemperature zones, SISO controllers due to nteractons between Large load Steam generators in co-generation plants have Ifthe load doubles, itrequires twice the changes to deal with large steamload changes due to amount of heat to maintain the temperature variafons in steam users’ operating conditions. Feedforward conto Is often required Large Tomato notbreaks for tomato paste production: ithe inflow is sald, tis dificult to measure inow Tomatoes are dumped in by tuckloads the flow rate; so feedforward control is nota changes causing significant infow variations, viable solution, Fuel ‘Steam generators used in forest product The change in heating value due to a changes industries where wood chipsare used as a__ changing fuels can cause major supplement fuel. Fluidized-bed boilers that disturbances o the temperature control loop. bum low grade fuel Nonlinear Rapid thermal processing (RTP) unit for wafer Ramping temperature up and down across a and high- teatment or for thermal tasting of materials. wide range at high speed, speed ‘Amuli- An airchancling unit(AHU) of a building control One contraller has to deal with multiple input _syslom manipulates heating valve, cooling processes such as heating and coaling. A single- valve, and damper based on spli-range ‘fixed controller lie PID needs to be re-tuned output control ‘when the control mode changes. (iso) process Asingle- Distillation columns: both the bottom ‘The controller has only one variable to inputmult- temperature and tray temperature need to be manipulate but needs to contol or maintain output controlled. Butthe reboiler steam low isthe 2 or more process variables. Singl (SIMO) only manipulated variable. controllers like PID aren't suficien process epdhwwreyboseR comiscluinsitemperaurecorirol im! 42ar0t6 “Temperature Conral MFA Control Solutions Since temperature contol problems can vary so much, the following table provides a roadmap to allow you select the appropriate MFA contaller to solve a specific lamperature contol problem. ‘The slowness of SISOMFAcontoller —_MFA-adapts, No manual tuning is required the temperature loop Time-varying _SISOMFAcontroller,or MFA adapts to deal with process time constant and delay Time-varying MFA time changes. controler Time-varying MFA can control processes with very large time constantand delay time changes. Configuration is very simple. Nonlinear Nonlinear MFA cantoller Nonlinear MFA controls extremely nonlinear pracesses with no nonlinear characterization required. Mutt-zone MIMO MFA controlleror MIMO MFA controls multivariable processes, Interactions temperature -FeedbackiFeedforward among temperature zones can be decoupled, control MFA controler Large load FeedbackFeedforward Feedforward MFA controller can be easily configured to changes MFA controler force the controller to make quick adjusiments to ‘compensate forthe load changes. Large inflow -SISOMFAcontrllar__-MPA provides quick control response to compensate for changes large inflow changes. Fuel changes SISOMFAcontroller_ MFA adapts to the new operating point to compensate for the fuel enange. Nonlinearand High-speed Nonlinear After choosing a Nonlinearity factor during configuration, high-speed MFA controller the Nonlinear MFA can effectively conto this process with changing nonlinear characteristes, ‘Amulttinput —SISOMFAwith split MFA adapts to new operating conditions with ne manual single-output range design or tuning required. (MISO) process SIMO MFA controller Asingle-input- MISOMFA controller This special MFA controler manipulates only one variable mmult-output to contol or maintain mutiple process variables inside their (SIMO) process specification ranges. ‘Summary Based on the core MFA control method, various MFA controllers have been developed to solve specific contol problems. Without having o build on-line ar oftine process models, an appropriate MFA controller ‘can be selected and configured to control 8 complex temperature loop. MFA provides easy and effecive solutions o temperature control problems that were previously unsolved. Case Studios To read more aboutimplementations of CyboSof's MFA temperature control solutions, click on the following case studies: Model rl of Tomate Hot Break Model-Free Adaptive Conta af Mult-Zone Temp Loops Model-Froe Adaptive Contol of Rotary Kilns Model-Free Adaptive Contol of Fudized-Bed Boilers Model-Fr nial of Steam Injection System: MEA Control and Optimization of Distillation Columns Model-Free Adaptive Control of Oil Refinery Furnaces ‘Model-Free Adaptive Canto| of Batch Reactors © 2016 CyboSoft, General Cybernation Group, Inc. Home | Search| Site Map | Legal | Contact Us epdhwwreyboseR comiscluinsitemperaurecorirol im!