TY - GEN
T1 - Coupled tanks laboratory for teaching multivariable control concepts
AU - Perez, Katherine
AU - Vargas, Hector
AU - Castro, Cristian
AU - Chacon, Jesus
AU - Torre, Luis De La
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - This work aims to be a valuable tool for teachers involved in the field of automatic control, especially for those who teach multivariable control systems. In this context, the study of coupling degree of variables is the first step to follow in the way to design a multivariable controller. However, didactical setups which are used in the control labs to conduct multivariable control experiences usually have not a flexible structure to study the effect of different coupling degrees between variables. In this way, this paper presents the design and construction of a two coupled tanks system (MIMO) at laboratory scale which was designed and built by means of open-loop simulation tests and a variables interaction analysis. This platform has the peculiarity of having a manual valve that couples both tanks, which can be driven to modify the variables interaction degree in the process, according its opening level. By using this laboratory, students can identify and face the effects of coupling on a real water tank plant, by analyzing and applying different multivariable control strategies according the interaction degree of variables in the process.
AB - This work aims to be a valuable tool for teachers involved in the field of automatic control, especially for those who teach multivariable control systems. In this context, the study of coupling degree of variables is the first step to follow in the way to design a multivariable controller. However, didactical setups which are used in the control labs to conduct multivariable control experiences usually have not a flexible structure to study the effect of different coupling degrees between variables. In this way, this paper presents the design and construction of a two coupled tanks system (MIMO) at laboratory scale which was designed and built by means of open-loop simulation tests and a variables interaction analysis. This platform has the peculiarity of having a manual valve that couples both tanks, which can be driven to modify the variables interaction degree in the process, according its opening level. By using this laboratory, students can identify and face the effects of coupling on a real water tank plant, by analyzing and applying different multivariable control strategies according the interaction degree of variables in the process.
KW - Control education
KW - MIMO systems
KW - coupling
KW - hands-on laboratory
KW - multivariable control
KW - variable interaction
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U2 - 10.1109/ICA-ACCA.2018.8609851
DO - 10.1109/ICA-ACCA.2018.8609851
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85062175815
T3 - IEEE ICA-ACCA 2018 - IEEE International Conference on Automation/23rd Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control: Towards an Industry 4.0 - Proceedings
BT - IEEE ICA-ACCA 2018 - IEEE International Conference on Automation/23rd Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control
A2 - Duran-Faundez, Cristian
A2 - Lefranc, Gaston
A2 - Fernandez-Fernandez, Mario
A2 - Munoz, Carlos
A2 - Rubio, Ernesto
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Automation/23rd Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control: Towards an Industry 4.0, ICA-ACCA 2018
Y2 - 17 October 2018 through 19 October 2018
ER -