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Lec5 Process Control Terms

The document defines several key terms used in process control: - Closed loop and open loop refer to a controller operating in automatic or manual mode. - Set-point is the desired process variable value, like a thermostat temperature setting. - Servo describes a controller changing the process variable in response to a set-point change. - Lag time is the time for a process to reach 63.3% of its final value after a change in input.

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Lec5 Process Control Terms

The document defines several key terms used in process control: - Closed loop and open loop refer to a controller operating in automatic or manual mode. - Set-point is the desired process variable value, like a thermostat temperature setting. - Servo describes a controller changing the process variable in response to a set-point change. - Lag time is the time for a process to reach 63.3% of its final value after a change in input.

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Process Control Terms

• Closed Loop - Controller in automatic mode


• Open Loop - Controller in manual mode
• Input/Output - Refers to the electronic hardware
where the field devices are wired. Discrete I/O
would have switches for inputs and relay outputs
to fire solenoid valves or pump motors. Analog
I/O would have process variable inputs, and
variable controller outputs.

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Process Control Terms

• Set-Point - The set-point is where you would like the


process variable to be. For example, the room you are in
now has a setpoint of about 70 degrees. The desired
temperature you set on the thermostat is the setpoint.
• Servo - When a controller changes a process variable to
move the process variable in response to a setpoint
change, it is called a servo.

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• Lag Time - Lag time is the amount of time after the dead
time that the process variable takes to move 63.3% of its
final value after a step change in valve position. Lag time
is also called a capacity element or a first order process.
Very few real processes are pure lag. Almost all real
processes contain some dead time.

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• Cascade - With 2 or more controllers. The


output of the "Master" controller is the
setpoint for the "Slave" controller. A
classic example is the control of a reactor
(a large vessel with a steel jacket around
it). The product temperature (master)
controller's output is the setpoint of the
jacket temperature (slave) controller.

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Process Control Terms

• Delay -This term is often used in place of


dead time
• Error - Error = setpoint - PV. In auto
mode, the controller uses the error in its
calculation to find the output that will get
you to the setpoint.

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• Gain (of the controller): This is another way of


expressing the "P" part of the PID controller. GAIN =
100/(Proportional Band). The more gain a controller has
the faster the loop response and more oscillatory the
process.
• Gain (of the process): Gain is defined as the change in
input divided by the change in output. A process with
high gain will react more to the controller output
changing. For example, picture yourself taking a shower.
You are the controller. If you turned the hot water valve
up by half a turn and the temperature changed by 10
degrees this would be a higher gain process than if the
temperature changed only 3 degrees.
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Process Control Terms

• Integrating Process:
With these loops, making a small change in the
controller ouptut, will cause the process variable to ramp
until it hits a limit. The larger the change, the faster the
ramp. Also the smaller the integral time the faster it will
move. It is a common mis-conception that integral time in
the controller is not required to hold setpoint with an
integrating process. Most control loops are self-
regulating. Self-regulating means that with a change in
the controller output, the process variable will move and
then settle. Integrating loops are also described as non-
self-regulating. The most common example of an
integrating processes is Tank Level.
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• Load Upset:
An upset to the process (that is not from
changing the set-point). A simple example: you
are taking a shower and someone flushes the
toilet. The temperature suddenly changes on
you, the controller. Another example: you are
injecting steam into flowing cold water to get
lukewarm water, and the inlet cold water
changes temperature.

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Process Control Terms

• Lag Time:
Lag time is the amount of time after the
dead time that the process variable takes
to move 63.3% of its final value after a
step change in valve position. Lag time is
also called a capacity element or a first
order process. Very few real processes
are pure lag. Almost all real processes
contain some dead time.

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Ab Razak Ahmed E4141 CONTROL SYSTEM

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