Simulating Experiments in Closed-Loop Control Systems

• Design of Experiments (DoE) literature extensively discusses how to properly plan, conduct and analyze experiments for process and product improvement. However, it is typically assumed that the experiments are run on processes operating in open-loop: the changes in experimental factors are directly visible in process responses and are not hidden by (automatic) feedback control. Under this assumption, DoE methods have been successfully applied in process industries such as chemical, pharmaceutical and biological industries.However, the increasing instrumentation, automation and interconnectedness are changing how the processes are run. Processes often involve engineering process control as in the case of closed-loop systems. The closed-loop environment adds complexity to experimentation and analysis since the experimenter must account for the control actions that may aim to keep a response variable at its set-point value.  The common approach to experimental design and analysis will likely need adjustments in the presence of closed-loop controls. Careful consideration is for instance needed when the experimental factors are chosen. Moreover, the impact of the experimental factors may not be directly visible as changes in the response variables (Hild, Sanders, & Cooper, 2001). Instead other variables may need to be used as proxies for the intended response variable(s).The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate how experiments in closed-loop system can be planned and analyzed. A case study based on the Tennessee Eastman Process simulator run with a decentralized feedback control strategy (Matlab) (Lawrence Ricker, 1996) is discussed and presented. 

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Annan teknik -- Övrig annan teknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Other Engineering and Technologies -- Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

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Design of Experiments

Closed-Loop Systems

Simulation

Tennessee Eastman Process

Kvalitetsteknik

Quality Technology & Management

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