Distillation Monitoring and Control using LabVIEW and SIMULINK Tools
LabVIEW and SIMULINK are two most widely used
graphical programming environments for designing digital signal
processing and control systems. Unlike conventional text-based
programming languages such as C, Cµ and MATLAB, graphical
programming involves block-based code developments, allowing a
more efficient mechanism to build and analyze control systems. In
this paper a LabVIEW environment has been employed as a
graphical user interface for monitoring the operation of a controlled
distillation column, by visualizing both the closed loop performance
and the user selected control conditions, while the column dynamics
has been modeled under the SIMULINK environment. This tool has
been applied to the PID based decoupled control of a binary
distillation column. By means of such integrated environments the
control designer is able to monitor and control the plant behavior and
optimize the response when both, the quality improvement of
distillation products and the operation efficiency tasks, are
considered.
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[2] H. Dabney, T. Harman, Mastering SIMULINK, Prentice Hall, 2004.
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simulation panel for condition monitoring of oil and dry type
transformer", IEEE Trans. on Engineering, Computing and
Technology, Vol. 14, pp. 187-193, 2006.
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Engineers. McGraw Hill, Chemical Eng. Series, 1990.
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distillation column", On Line Optimization of Large Scale System:
State of the Art, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
[1] G. O. Bishop, R. Learning with LabVIEW 7 Express, New Jersey,
Prentice Hall, 2004.
[2] H. Dabney, T. Harman, Mastering SIMULINK, Prentice Hall, 2004.
[3] N. A. Muhamad, S. Ali, "LabVIEW with fuzzy logic controller
simulation panel for condition monitoring of oil and dry type
transformer", IEEE Trans. on Engineering, Computing and
Technology, Vol. 14, pp. 187-193, 2006.
[4] P. Luyben, Process Modeling, Simulation and Control for Chemical
Engineers. McGraw Hill, Chemical Eng. Series, 1990.
[5] S. Skogestad, "Dynamics and control of distillation columns. A
critical survey", IFAC Symposium DYCORD, 92, Maryland, April
27- 29, 1992.M.
[6] P. Fruehauf, D. Mahoney, Improve Distillation Control Design,
Chemical Engineering Progress, March, 1994.
[7] M. Diehl, I. Uslu, R. Findeisen.,"Real-time optimization for large
scale processes: Nonlinear predictive control of a high purity
distillation column", On Line Optimization of Large Scale System:
State of the Art, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
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graphical programming environments for designing digital signal
processing and control systems. Unlike conventional text-based
programming languages such as C, Cµ and MATLAB, graphical
programming involves block-based code developments, allowing a
more efficient mechanism to build and analyze control systems. In
this paper a LabVIEW environment has been employed as a
graphical user interface for monitoring the operation of a controlled
distillation column, by visualizing both the closed loop performance
and the user selected control conditions, while the column dynamics
has been modeled under the SIMULINK environment. This tool has
been applied to the PID based decoupled control of a binary
distillation column. By means of such integrated environments the
control designer is able to monitor and control the plant behavior and
optimize the response when both, the quality improvement of
distillation products and the operation efficiency tasks, are
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