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Development of an Assembly-type Liquid Level Control Experimental Equipment and a Hands-on Activity Task for Vocational High School 'Chemical Process Maintenance Operation' Subject (특성화고 '화학공정유지운영' 교과를 위한 조립형 액위제어 실험장치 및 체험활동과제 개발)

  • Jung, Eun-Suk;Lee, Kyung Taek
    • 대한공업교육학회지
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.1-20
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to develop an assembly-type liquid level control experimental equipment and a hands-on activity task that can be applied to the class so that students studying the chemical industry can easily understand the liquid level control. For this purpose, the content elements related to liquid level control in the chemical industry practice course of the 2015 revised curriculum was analyzed, a hands-on activity task with an assembly-type liquid level control experimental equipment was and developed. And then, expert verification was also performed and the hands-on activity task was applied to 19 students of S meister high school. The results obtained through this are as follows. First, the existing completion-type liquid level control experimental equipment was explored, and based on this, a new assembly-type liquid level control experimental equipment that can be assembled by students and used for practices was designed and manufactured. Second. by analyzing the contents of the NCS-based 'Chemical Process Maintenance Operation' practical course of the 2015 revised curriculum, learning contents related to level control were extracted. Among the contents related to the level control, the practice with understanding the process flow chart, manufacturing the level control experimental equipment, measuring the flow rate, and checking the level control phenomenon were conducted with the assembly-type liquid level control experimental equipment to systematically learn the level control.

Microcontroller-Based Liquid Level Control Modeling

  • Dumawipata, Teerasilapa;Unhavanich, Sumalee;Tangsrirat, Worapong
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.82.3-82
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    • 2001
  • This work presents a design technique for the implementation of the liquid level control system by based on the use of a single-chip microcontroller. The proposed model system offers the following attractive features : (1) application of the pressure transducer for sensing the height of liquid in tank (2) using the obtained liquid level for defining on-off condition of the water pump (3) the liquid values were controlled by using stepping motors for controlling of 57 points (4) can set up by using manual control or automatic control (5) can monitor and display the process status either on microcontroller-based control board or on the computer via RS232 serial-port. Experimental results have been employed to show the effectiveness ...

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A Simple Method to Make the Quadruple Tank System Near Linear

  • Lee, Jietae;Kyoung, Inhyun;Heo, Jea Pil;Park, YoungSu;Lim, Yugyeong;Kim, Dong Hyun;Lee, Yongjeh;Yang, Dae Ryook
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.55 no.6
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    • pp.767-770
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    • 2017
  • Quadruple tank liquid level systems are popular in testing multivariable control systems for multivariable processes with positive or negative zeros. The liquid level system is nonlinear and it will help to illustrate the robustness of control systems. However, due to nonlinearity, it can be cumbersome to obtain process parameters for testing linear control systems. Perturbation sizes are limited for valid linearized process models, requiring level sensors with high precision. A simple method where the outlet orifice is replaced to a long tube is proposed here. The effluent flow rate becomes proportional to the liquid level due to the friction loss of long tube and the liquid level system shows near linear dynamics. It is applied to the quadruple tank system for easier experiments.

Experimental Examination of Multivariable PID Controller Design on Frequency Domain using Liquid Level Process

  • Eguchi, Kazuki;Iwai, Zenta;Mizumoto, Ikuro;Kumon, Makoto
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.786-791
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    • 2005
  • This paper is concerned with the examination and evaluation concerning a tuning method of multivariable PID controllers based on partial model matching on frequency domain proposed by authors from practical view point. In this case, PID controller parameters are determined by minimizing the loss function defined by the difference between frequency response of ideal model transfer function and actual frequency response on several frequency points. The purpose of the paper is to examine and evaluate the performance of the method through actual experiments of MIMO liquid level experimental process control equipment.

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Application of Learning Control for U-type Tuned Liquid Damper System (U자형 TLD시스템에 대한 학습제어 적용)

  • Ga, Chun-Sik;Ryu, Yeong-Soon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1656-1663
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    • 2004
  • As the structures become larger, higher and more complicated, the demand for safety level has increased. In recent years, TLD(Tuned Liquid Damper) proved to be a successful control tool for reducing structural vibrations. For this reason, the influence of some key parameters of the U-type TLD on the dynamic response is studied. And simple and effectively developed learning control logic is used to control vibration of U type Tuned Liquid Damper system. The purpose of this paper is design optimal control system to deal with unknown errors from non linearity and variation that cost modeling difficulty in complex structure and is followed with the desired behavior. Finally this hybrid control method applied to U type Tuned Liquid Damper structure gives the benefit from better performance of precision and stability of the structure by reducing vibration effect. This research leads to safety design in various structure to robust unspecified foreign disturbances such as windy-load and earthquake.

Serviceability-oriented analytical design of isolated liquid damper for the wind-induced vibration control of high-rise buildings

  • Zhipeng Zhao;Xiuyan Hu;Cong Liao;Na Hong;Yuanchen Tang
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.27-39
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    • 2024
  • The effectiveness of conventional tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) in controlling the wind-induced response of tall flexible structures has been indicated. However, the impaired control effect in the detuning condition or a considerably high mass cost of liquid may be incurred in ensuring the high-level serviceability. To provide an efficient TLD-based solution for wind-induced vibration control, this study proposes a serviceability-oriented optimal design method for isolated TLDs (ILDs) and derives analytical design formulae. The ILD is implemented by mounting the TLD on the linear isolators. Stochastic response analysis is performed for the ILD-equipped structure subjected to stochastic wind and white noise, and the results are considered to derive the closed-form responses. Correspondingly, an extensive parametric analysis is conducted to clarify a serviceability-oriented optimal design framework by incorporating the comfort demand. The obtained results show that the high-level serviceability demand can be satisfied by the ILD based on the proposed optimal design framework. Analytical design formulae can be preliminarily adopted to ensure the target serviceability demand while enhancing the structural displacement performance to increase the safety level. Compared with conventional TLD systems, the ILD exhibits higher effectiveness and a larger frequency bandwidth for wind-induced vibration control at a small mass ratio.

Decoupling Control of Three-tank Liquid Level Systems Based on Feedforward Compensation (Feedforward 보상에 근거한 3개의 탱크 액체 레벨 시스템의 통제 분리)

  • Shi, Xue-Wen
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.36-41
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    • 2008
  • By considering decoupling between loops as a kind of measurable disturbance, a steady-state decoupling method based on feedforward compensation is proposed for a three-tank liquid level system often encountered in practical process control. In addition, the three-tank liquid level system's dynamic model with structure of two-input and two-output is presented according to its working principle. Finally simulation experiments given in C++Builder language demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Fault Detection and Diagnosis of the Deaerator Level Control System in Nuclear Power Plants

  • Kim Kyung Youn;Lee Yoon Joon
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 2004
  • The deaerator of a power plant is one of feedwater heaters in the secondary system, and it is located above the feedwater pumps. The feedwater pumps take the water from the deaerator storage tank, and the net positive suction head(NSPH) should always be ensured. To secure the sufficient NPSH, the deaerator tank is equipped with the level control system of which level sensors are critical items. And it is necessary to ascertain the sensor state on-line. For this, a model-based fault detection and diagnosis(FDD) is introduced in this study. The dynamic control model is formulated from the relation of input-output flow rates and liquid-level of the deaerator storage tank. Then an adaptive state estimator is designed for the fault detection and diagnosis of sensors. The performance and effectiveness of the proposed FDD scheme are evaluated by applying the operation data of Yonggwang Units 3 & 4.

Liquid level control in a spherical tank by microcomputer (마이크로 컴퓨터를 이용한 구형 탱크의 액위 제어)

  • Kang, Won-Young;Oh, Min;Lee, Tae-Hee
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1986.10a
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    • pp.459-462
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    • 1986
  • The liquid level in a spherical tank was controlled with a micro-computer and the dynamic behavior of this non-linear system due to the variation of set point was studied. The adaptive control theory was used and the real values of controlled variables were compared with the theoretical values from a mathematical model.

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Control Modelling and Controllability Evaluation of Liquid Zone Control System (액체영역제어계통의 제어모델링 및 제어성 평가)

  • Lee, Kwang-Dae;Yang, Seung-Ok;Oh, Eung-Se
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2004.11c
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    • pp.641-643
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    • 2004
  • Liquid Zone Control System controls the power of heavy water reactor. Changing the level of each zone compartment regulates one local zone power of 14 zone powers, iud the level is limited less than 90% by the control algorithm to prevent the flood. In recent years, the level and the power was controlled oscillatory in the upper zones. To find out the condition of cycling, the zone control system was modelled with the linear difference equations and identified using parameter estimation. The pole-zero plot showed that the major pole was near the stability boundary, and the system had oscillatory characteristics in nature.

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