Sem II 16-2017 BTE4416 BTE Eng.

Dept

Mini Design Project

Select Only One Project

Please select only one project per student

All Mini Design Project must meet the following requirements. Mini Design Project which do
not comply will not be graded.

Proper Submission of Project paper

All assignments and papers must be typed (INCLUDING CURRENT EVENT
SUMMARY) or they will not be graded. I will not accept work that does not meet the
following requirements:
Type your name, matric number, project title, with IIUM logo
MUST BE TYPED. Handwritten documents are not accepted. Double line spacing is
required with times new roman 12 points font.
MUST BE STAPLED if more than 1 page.
NO LATE SUBMISSIONS (Friday 5 May 2017, 5 pm)
NO E-MAIL submissions for ANY assignment will be accepted.
Plagiarism is completely prohibited, the consequence is ZERO mark
Use MATLAB whenever possible
Sketch your finding using a proper tool.
 [1] PROJECT 1: Continuous PID controller design
A chlorine vaporizer makes chlorine vapor for a chemical reactor. The figure below shows the
P&ID.

(a) When the reactor is shut down, the vaporizer undergoes a pressure surge that can trip a
relief valve/rupture disk on the exit line (undesirable behavior). Why can a pressure surge
occur?

(b) Analyze the P&ID and the valve failure conditions for shutdown. What function does
each of the four valves perform? Determine whether each valve should fail open or fail close
(and state why).

(c ) Use block diagram to show the process and MATLAB to assist in the finding

(d) Note that there is no level control. Without adding more sensors, how could you improve
control of the liquid level?
 [2] PROJECT 2
An exothermic reaction occurs in a 1500-gal reactor in which the temperature is controlled by
the amount of cooling water in the jacket (but not in a cascade configuration). The
transfer function relating reactor temperature to cooling water flow is given by:

T ( s) 1.4e0.3s 0
G( s) ( F / GPM )
Q( s ) 8s 1

The coolant control valve is an equal percentage valve that delivers 60 GPM at a controller
output of 3 psig and is fully closed at 15 psig controller output. Time constant and time
delay have units of minutes.

a. Determine Gv (assume overall linear valve behavior); is the valve air-to-open or

air-to-close? Is this a good choice (explain)?
b. For Gm = 1, calculate the tuning parameters for a PI controller using IMC tuning
rules (justify your choice of Kc).
c. Several days later the reactor throughput (reactant flowrate) is reduced by 50%.
The controller was not re-tuned. What will happen to the quality of control?
Explain.
d. Use block diagram to show the process and MATLAB to assist in the finding

[3] PROJECT 3
A feedforward control system operates with transfer functions

2e3s 3e2 s
G p ( s) and Gd ( s) , assume Gt Gv 1 . Is the ideal feedforward
3s 1 3s 1
controller capable of achieving perfect control (all disturbances are cancelled by the
manipulated variable)? Why or why not? Give your explanation in terms of what is physically
realizable for the particular G p and Gd .

Use block diagram to show the process and MATLAB to assist in the finding
 [4] PROJECT 4

Sketch the level response for a tank with constant cross-sectional area of 4 ft2 as a
function of time undergoing the following sequence of events; assume an initial level of
1.0 ft with the drain open, and that level and outflow rate are linearly related. The steady-
state inflow and outflow are initially equal to 2 ft3/ min. The graph should show key
numerical values of level vs. time. Show supporting calculations using steady-state and
dynamic equations below. Hint: You can do the calculations for each part as if starting
from t=0. Then you can renumber the time axis based on actual clock time.

a) The drain is suddenly closed, and the inflow remains constant for 3 min (0 t 3) .

b) The drain is opened for 30 min, keeping the inflow at 2 ft3/ min, where a steady state is
essentially reached (3 t 33) .

c) The inflow rate is doubled to 4 ft3/min for 30 min (33 t 63) .

i. The inflow rate is returned to its original value of 2 ft3/ min for 27 min
(63 t 90).
d) Use block diagram to show the process and MATLAB to assist in the finding