0303-22 Floating Control

PIDU - Floating Control +AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQ-

This folder contains the source files for the demonstration project on cooperation two valves controlled by two PID controllers. Valves can be used for pipes flow control and the process model (MDL+AF8-PROCESS block) can be an estimate of mass dynamics.

The first valve is coarse and causes a huge changes of manipulated variable (mv). The seccond - fine valve is dedicated to compensation small deviations caused by noise. The fine valve is usually faster and more precise. Weight ratio of both valves is defined in GAIN+AF8-FV AND GAIN+AF8-CV blocks. The coarse valve makes 80+ACU- and fine valve 20+ACU- from overall manipulated variable by default.

The coarse valve controller PIDU+AF8-I keep the fine valve controller PIDU+AF8-PV in the half of its range. When the manipulated variable of PIDU+AF8-I controller is in range mv +AD0- +ADw-0.25+ADs- 0.75+AD4-, the coarse valve will be at rest. For lower values will getting closed and for higher will getting opened. This behavior can be changed in CNDR block. Opening and closing coarse valve is caused by set point (sp) of PIDU+AF8-I controller change and its integration character.

+ACMAIw- Timing of the project +ACMAIw-

The algorithm runs each 100 milliseconds (0.1 s). See the EXEC function block,
tick x ntick0 +AD0- 0.05 x 2 +AD0- 0.1

+ACMAIw- Prerequisites +ACMAIw-

• +ACo-REXYGEN Runtime Core+ACo- must be installed and running on the target device.

+ACMAIw- Running the example +ACMAIw-

• The +ACoAKg-exec.mdl+ACo- file is the project main file.
• Open it with +ACo-REXYGEN Studio+ACo-, compile and download it to the target device.
• Switch to +ACo-Watch mode+ACo- and observe the algorithm.
• Note that the PV of integrating controller PIDU+AF8-I is empty, thus zero constant.
• Open trend diagnostic window for the block TRND+AF8-Floating.
• Change the set point (sp) to 3, the fine valve will be in HI saturation (third signal in trend). Therefore the coarse valve is getting opened by the PIDU+AF8-I controller until the fine valve position input falls into the desired defined limits (25+ACU--75+ACU- by default).
• Then the set point of PIDU+AF8-I is set to 0.
• Change the set point PIDU+AF8-PV(e.g. sp +AD0- 1).
• The fine valve is in LO saturation. Therefore the coarse valve is getting closed by the PIDU+AF8-I controller until the fine valve position input falls into the desired defined limits (25+ACU--75+ACU- by default).
• Then the setpoint of PIDU+AF8-I is set to 0 again.
• Try to change the set point PIDU+AF8-PV by +- 0.2.
• Hence in steady operation the control actions are always done by fine valve which has usually much higher precision and speed.
• This is efficient for systems with a noise, because this small control actions are done only by the fine valve.

+ACMAIw- Documentation +ACMAIw-

• +ACoAKg-Press F1 for help+ACoAKg- on the selected function block in the +ACo-REXYGEN Studio+ACo-.
• +AFs-PIDU function block documentation+AF0-(https://www.rexygen.com/doc/ENGLISH/MANUALS/BRef/PIDU.html)
• +AFs-Function blocks of REXYGEN+AF0-(https://www.rexygen.com/doc/PDF/ENGLISH/BRef+AF8-ENG.pdf)
• +AFs-REXYGEN Studio User Guide+AF0-(https://www.rexygen.com/doc/PDF/ENGLISH/RexygenStudio+AF8-ENG.pdf)
• +AFs-Complete documentation of REXYGEN+AF0-(http://www.rexygen.com/documentation-and-support)

+ACMAIw- Additional information +ACMAIw-

• Visit the +AFs-REXYGEN webpage+AF0-(http://www.rexygen.com) for more information about the example projects and developing advanced automation and control solutions using REXYGEN.