Tutorial 2: System Dynamics and Process Structures
Tutorial 2: System Dynamics and Process Structures
Tutorial 2: System Dynamics and Process Structures
1. The following graphs have been obtained by making a step to the valve opening and observing
the temperature response. From the results of this experiment, describe the physical processes
involved (dead time, system order, etc.)
2. The following diagram shows several processes being connected into the following process
structure.
where G1(s) is the dynamic model of the tank, G 2(s) is the model of reactor, G3(s) is the
intermediate product composition and G 4(s) is the final product composition models.
Qualitatively, describe the dynamic models of the system.
3. Two stirred tank reactors in series with recycle are shown in the following figure. Each reactor is
perfectly mixed and the temperature is constant. The reactor volumes, V1 and V2, are constant and
so is the density of the reacting mixture. The flow into the first reactor, f0, and the recycle flow, fR,
are constant. The dynamic response of the two reactors is represented by the following
differential equations:
dc A 1 (t )
f 0 c A 0 (t )+f R c A 2 (t )−V 1 k 1 c A 1 (t )−f R c A 1 (t )=V 1
Reactor 1: dt
dc A 2 (t )
f 1 c A 1 (t )−V 2 k 2 c A 2 (t )−f 0 c A 2 (t )−f R c A 2 (t )=V 2
Reactor 2: dt
where cA0(t), cA1(t) and cA2(t) = concentration of reactant A, lbmole/ft3, at the feed,
outlet from reactor 1 and outlet from reactor 2
Feed
V1 V2
f0 f1
cA0(t) cA1(t) cA2(t)
Recycle flow
fR
a. Laplace-transform the two equations. Re-arrange the results to obtain the gains and time
constants of the process in terms of V1, V2, f0, fR, f1, k1 and k2. (Laplace transform table is
available in APPENDIX 1)
b. Draw a block diagram of the system, clearly labeled to show the relationship between all the
concentration variables. Let block G1 indicate input-output behavior of the first reactor, G 2 as
the input-output behavior of the second reactor and G 3 as the behavior of the outlet from
second reactor being fed back to the first reactor.
c. Using the block diagram, obtain the overall transfer function CA2(s)/CA0(s).
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G1 = , G = 2.7 , G3 = 0.3.
d. The transfer function of the block are: 11s+3 2
Analyze the differences of the dynamic response of the system when it undergoes recycle and
without recycle processes.
APPENDIX 1: LAPLACE TRANSFORMS
L [ f (t−T )]=e
−sT
F ( s) tn n!
Time shift
theorem s n+1
1 s e-at 1
Scaling theorem L [ f (at )]= F
a a () s+ a
df 1 - e-at a
Differentiation
theorem
L [ ]
dt
=sF ( s )−f (0− ) s(s+a)
te-at 1
d2 f
Differentiation
theorem
L
[ ]
dt 2
'
= s 2 F ( s )−sf (0− )−f (0− ) (s +a )2
n t2e-at 2
dn f
Differentiation
theorem
L
[ ]
dt n
=s n F( s )− ∑ s n−k f k −1 (0− )
k =1
(s +a )3
t F( s ) cost s
Integration
theorem
L [∫ 0− ]
f (τ )dτ =
s s +ω 2
2
Initial value
+
f (0 )=lim sF ( s ) e-at cost s+ a
s→∞
(s +a )2 +ω 2
theorem
e-at sint ω
(s +a )2 +ω 2
e-at cos(t) cos θ( s+ a)+ω sinθ
( s+ a)2 + ω2