Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd
Upload
57 views

Descrete-State Process Control - 2020

This document discusses discrete-state process control systems. It defines discrete-state control systems as those where measurement and control variables can only take on two values. An event is defined as a particular state assignment of the variables. The event lasts as long the variables remain in the same state. It provides an example of modeling a frost-free refrigerator as a discrete-state control system, defining its input, output, and event sequence variables. It also discusses how discrete and continuous control systems can be combined for composite control problems.

Uploaded by

yoga pangestu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
57 views

Descrete-State Process Control - 2020

This document discusses discrete-state process control systems. It defines discrete-state control systems as those where measurement and control variables can only take on two values. An event is defined as a particular state assignment of the variables. The event lasts as long the variables remain in the same state. It provides an example of modeling a frost-free refrigerator as a discrete-state control system, defining its input, output, and event sequence variables. It also discusses how discrete and continuous control systems can be combined for composite control problems.

Uploaded by

yoga pangestu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 6

Descrete-State Process

Control
Continuous & non-continuous Control
Definition

• Figure above is a symbolic representation of a manufacturing process and


the controller for the process. Let us suppose that all measurement (S1, S2,
S3) input variables and all control output variables (C1, C2, C3) of the
process can take on or be assigned only two values.
• An event in the system is defined by a particular state of the system—that
is, particular assignment of all output values and a particular set of the
input variables.
• The event lasts for as long as the input variables remain in the same state
and the output variables are left in the assigned state.
Example 01
• Use the definitions in this section to construct a description of the frost-free refrigerator/ freezer
shown in Figure 2 as a process with a discrete-state control system. Define the input variables,
output variables, and sequence of serial/parallel events.
Solution
• The discrete-state input variables are
1. Door open/closed
2. Cooler temperature high/low
3. Freezer temperature high/low
4. Frost eliminator timer time-out/not time-out
5. Power switch on/off
6. Frost detector on /off
• The discrete-state output variables are
1. Light on/off
2. Compressor on/off
3. Frost eliminator timer started /not started
4. Frost eliminator heater and fan on/off
5. Cooler baffle open/closed
Discrete-State Variables: Continuous Control
• Right side figure shows a tank with a
valve that controls flow of liquid into the
tank and some unspecified flow out of
the tank.
• The controller will operate according to
some mode of control to maintain the
level against variations induced from
external influences.
• If the outflow increases, the control
system will increase the opening of the
input valve to compensate by increasing
the input flow rate.
Discrete-State Variables: Discrete-State Control
(not continous control Sys)
• Now the objective is to fill the tank to a
certain level with no outflow. To do this,
we specify an event sequence:
1. Close the output valve.
2. Open the input valve and let the
tank fill to the desired level, as
indicated by a simple switch.
3. Close the input valve.
Discrete-State Variables: Composite Discrete/Continuous
Control
• From the right-side figure, the level must
be maintained at the setpoint while the
outlet valve is opened and the bottle
filled.
• This requirement may be necessary to
ensure a constant pressure head during
bottle filling.
• This process will require that a
continuous-level control system be used
to adjust the input flow rate during
bottle-fill through the output valve.
• The continuous control system will be
turned on or off just as would a valve or
motor or other discrete device.

You might also like