Adaptive decoupling control for binary distillation column into a 3D virtual environment

Authors

  • Juan Sebastian Useche Castelblanco Researcher, Geotechnical Group, Civil program, Nueva Granada Military University, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Darío Amaya Hurtado Researcher, Virtual Applications Group (GAV), mechatronics program, Nueva Granada Military University, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Oscar Javier Reyes Ortiz Researcher, Geotechnical Group, Civil program, Nueva Granada Military University, Bogotá, Colombia

Keywords:

Distillation column, MRAC Control, Virtual environment

Abstract

The oil refinery plants have a particularly high energy consumption in the distillation process. Several authors state that these are the systems with the highest energy consumption in the petrochemical industry. Currently, work is being done on the implementation of adaptive controllers in order to improve the efficiency of the distillation process and the quality of the product. In this work is presented the control of a binary distillation column developed within a 3D virtual laboratory. Adaptive control by reference model (MRCA) is used for the manipulation of bottom and distillate concentrations. Initially, the mathematical description of the process is obtained, together with the computer-aided design, to subsequently implement the control technique. As a result, the behavior of the controlled system in simulation is shown and compared with the response of the embedded system within the virtual environment. The main contribution of this work is the interaction that a user can have with this type of processes and the possibility of implementing modern control strategies within this type of environments as a low-cost tool to support education and training activities.

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Published

2021-11-25

Issue

Engineering Review, Vol. 41, No. 2

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