Development of three simultaneous stations for industrial process control laboratory purposes

摘要

The development of three tanks instrumented with a diversity of equipment is presented, with the purpose that the students know a range of possibilities that could be found in their future working world. In addition to fulfilling the practical teaching of control of undergraduate processes, this equipment allows to support other disciplines, apart from the electrical and electronic ones such as mechanics and chemistry, which are binding on process control. This set is available for postgraduate development, training and industrial consulting. Each tank allows the design of a process of liquid level, pressure and flow. The experimental work stations has three technological options for the controller: PLC, industrial controller and computer. This flexibility allows the use of different control algorithms: PID, LQG, fuzzy control, matrix dynamic control and control with sliding modes, among others. The proposed team meets the requirements of personalized teaching in accordance with contemporary trends in engineering education.