Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Automatic Control System for Industrial Based Electro-Hydraulic Actuator in Mash Filter Machines

摘要

This research work effectively characterizes the design and modelling of an optimized embedded based electro-hydraulic control system for a mash filter machine that would be adopted for industrial automation in a brewery by adopting Simulation Based Virtual Prototyping Methodology (SBVPM). The control based electro-hydraulic actuator is also characterized. The actuator is used for controlling the movements in mash filter machines in a brewery. This research also evaluates the time response of the electro-hydraulic actuator in a modelling environment before its actual deployment in the brewery so as to help the design engineer in optimizing the performance of the system. Mathematical modelling of the hydraulic actuator and its components is done and based on the mathematical equations, MATLAB/Simulink models of the actuator and its components were made. The time response of the actuator is obtained by using MATLAB/Simulink Software and a unified virtual simulation model is effectively characterized in PROTEUS ISIS 8.0. The time response graphs which are obtained in this simulation are used for performance evaluation with an existing system.