Control Strategies For Productivity and Safety: Override/constraint Control Selective Control
Control Strategies For Productivity and Safety: Override/constraint Control Selective Control
Control Strategies For Productivity and Safety: Override/constraint Control Selective Control
Override/constraint control
Selective control
Selective control
(Smith & Corripio, Seborg)
Selective control
Override/constraint control
Split range control
Selective Control
Higher and Lower Selectors: HS, LS
Measure one variable
to select the higher (lower) of several
measurement signals
to pass on as the process variable to a feedback
controller
Example of Selective control
Consider the plug flow reactor where an exothermic
catalytic reaction take place, as shown in figure.
The sensor providing the temperature measurement
should be located at the hot spot.
As the catalyst in the reactor ages, or as conditions
change, the hot spot moves.
It is desired to design a control scheme so that its
measured variable moves as the hot spot moves.
A control strategy that accomplishes the desired
specification
The high selector in this scheme selects the
transmitter with the highest output, and thus the
controlled variable is always the highest or closest to
the highest temperature.
Override Control/ Constraint Control
Basic Idea:
selector selects between the higher or lower of
several controller outputs for implementation
Normal operation:
one process variable is the controlling variable
Abnormal operation:
some other process variable becomes the controlling
variable to prevent it from exceeding a process or
equipment limit
The limiting controller is said to override the normal
process controller
Example
Normal Control: level in the tank is at height h1