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FINAL EXAMINATION
St Lucia Campus Semester Two 2011
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CHEE3006: Process and Control System Synthesis- Final Examination, Semester 2,
2011
Question 1 [16 marks, one mark for each question unless specified otherwise]
i. Calculate the steady state gain, damping factor, poles and zeros of the following
transfer function: [2 marks]
1
2s 2 +2s+ 3
ii. Determine the stability of the transfer function in (i) ; justify your answer.
iii. Sketch the response of the transfer function in (i) to a unit step change in its input.
Show the steady state value and key features.
1v. What's the response of the transfer function in (i) to the input of sin(t) when timet is
infinitely large? Show your steps. [2 marks]
v. Solve the following differential equation using the Laplace and Inverse Laplace
transforms (y(O) =y'(O) =0) . [2 marks]
dy (t)
dt+y(t)=l
vi. Sketch the characteristics of three commonly used control valves, and give their names.
vii. What is a feedback controller?
viii . What is a feedforward controller?
ix. Why would a feedback controller still be needed when a feedforward controller is
already used?
x. What's the key role of the integral action in a PID controller and what potential problems
it may cause?
xi. What's the key role of the derivative action in a PID controller and what potential
problems it may cause?
xii. What does a quarter decay ratio mean (show your answer with drawing).
xiii. What are the steps involved in the Ziegler-Nichols closed-loop method for PID controller
tuning (no formula needed).
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CHEE3006: Process and Control System Synthesis- Final Examination, Semester 2,
2011
Question 2 (6 marks)
A continuously stirred tank reactor (shown below) is fed with reactant A at a flowing through rate of
Q(t). The concentration of reactant A in the feed is CA,in(t). The reactor has a constant working
volume ofV.
A-+8
The reaction rate is r(t) = k*CA(t), where k is a kinetic constant and CA is the concentration of A in
the reactor.
Q(i),C 1 (r)
i. Derive the transfer functions between CA,in(t) and CA(t) and between Q(t) and CA(t) [4 marks];
ii. Draw a block diagram representation of the process [1 mark];
iii. If Q(t) is a manipulated variable, CA,in(t) is a disturbance variable, and CA(t) is the controlled
variable, draw a block diagram with both a feedback and a feedforward controller (no need to
design the controllers) [1 mark]
Question 3 [6 Marks]
Kc
OLTF = (s + l)(s + 2)(s + 3)
By doing steps tests, the following two transfer functions were obtained:
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CHEE3006: Process and Control System Synthesis- Final Examination, Semester 2,
2011
Y(s) _ ~
Disturbance channel :
GPD(s) = D(s) - 2s + 1
Y(s) _ _ 2_
Control channel (including actuator) : GPu(s) = U(s) - 4s + 1
In addition, the sensors for measuring output Y and disturbance D both have a transfer function of 1.
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CHEE3006: Process and Control System Synthesis -Final Examination, Semester 2,
2011
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