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Novel model - free approach for stiction compensation in control valves / Marco Antônio de Souza L. Cuadros in Industrial & engineering chemistry research, Vol. 51 N° 25 (Juin 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 51 N° 25 (Juin 2012) . - pp. 8465–8476 Titre : Novel model - free approach for stiction compensation in control valves Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Marco Antônio de Souza L. Cuadros, Auteur ; Celso J. Munaro, Auteur ; Saul Munareto, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp. 8465–8476 Note générale : Industrial chemistry Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Control  valves Résumé : Stiction in control valves is a frequent cause of loop performance deterioration. The solution is maintenance, but since plant shutdown to perform this task can take a long time, loop performance improvement through stiction compensation affords increased efficiency and profitability by reducing the necessity for unscheduled plant shutdowns. Non-model-based methods add compensating pulses to the control signal, thereby reducing process variability. However, the current practice of this strategy transfers variability to the control valve stem, degrading this actuator prematurely. In this paper, such methods are analyzed and a new method for reducing both process variability and valve stem actuation is proposed. The essence of this new method is to add the pulses only when they are required for reduction of process error. The compensation algorithm presented can handle set point changes and perturbations as is illustrated via simulation and through application to a pilot plant flow loop. The proposed method’s performance is measured using integral absolute error and valve reversal indexes. It produces better results than similar methods found in the literature. ISSN : 0888-5885 En ligne : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie2015262 [article] Novel model - free approach for stiction compensation in control valves [texte imprimé] / Marco Antônio de Souza L. Cuadros, Auteur ; Celso J. Munaro, Auteur ; Saul Munareto, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 8465–8476. Industrial chemistry Langues : Anglais (eng) in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 51 N° 25 (Juin 2012) . - pp. 8465–8476 Mots-clés : Control  valves Résumé : Stiction in control valves is a frequent cause of loop performance deterioration. The solution is maintenance, but since plant shutdown to perform this task can take a long time, loop performance improvement through stiction compensation affords increased efficiency and profitability by reducing the necessity for unscheduled plant shutdowns. Non-model-based methods add compensating pulses to the control signal, thereby reducing process variability. However, the current practice of this strategy transfers variability to the control valve stem, degrading this actuator prematurely. In this paper, such methods are analyzed and a new method for reducing both process variability and valve stem actuation is proposed. The essence of this new method is to add the pulses only when they are required for reduction of process error. The compensation algorithm presented can handle set point changes and perturbations as is illustrated via simulation and through application to a pilot plant flow loop. The proposed method’s performance is measured using integral absolute error and valve reversal indexes. It produces better results than similar methods found in the literature. ISSN : 0888-5885 En ligne : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie2015262

Quantification of valve stiction and dead band in control loops based on the harmonic balance method / Alancardek P. Araujo in Industrial & engineering chemistry research, Vol. 51 N° 43 (Octobre 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 51 N° 43 (Octobre 2012) . - pp. 14121-14134 Titre : Quantification of valve stiction and dead band in control loops based on the harmonic balance method Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Alancardek P. Araujo, Auteur ; Celso J. Munaro, Auteur ; Moacir Rosado Filho, Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : pp. 14121-14134 Note générale : Industrial chemistry Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Valve Résumé : The presence of stiction in control valves often causes oscillations in control loops, with negative effects on quality and cost of goods. To address this issue, it is necessary to quantify this stiction to decide about maintenance or to implement compensators that can improve control loop performance until the next plant stop. The describing function (DF) method is a well-known scheme to predict the period and amplitude of limit cycles in control loops, requiring the knowledge of linear and nonlinear parameters of the system model. In the present study, a method has been proposed to estimate these nonlinear parameters using the parameters of linear model and amplitude and period of limit cycle produced by nonlinearity. A procedure is proposed to overcome the case of unknown process model. In addition, generalization of this method to the case of parametric uncertainties in the linear part of the control loop has also been presented. The result is a simple and efficient algorithm that can be easily extended to other nonlinearities. Furthermore, the conditions for existence and uniqueness of solution for dead band and stiction estimations have been obtained. The usefulness of the proposed method has been demonstrated through simulations and its applications to a pilot plant and to real industrial data. ISSN : 0888-5885 En ligne : http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=26593340 [article] Quantification of valve stiction and dead band in control loops based on the harmonic balance method [texte imprimé] / Alancardek P. Araujo, Auteur ; Celso J. Munaro, Auteur ; Moacir Rosado Filho, Auteur . - 2013 . - pp. 14121-14134. Industrial chemistry Langues : Anglais (eng) in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 51 N° 43 (Octobre 2012) . - pp. 14121-14134 Mots-clés : Valve Résumé : The presence of stiction in control valves often causes oscillations in control loops, with negative effects on quality and cost of goods. To address this issue, it is necessary to quantify this stiction to decide about maintenance or to implement compensators that can improve control loop performance until the next plant stop. The describing function (DF) method is a well-known scheme to predict the period and amplitude of limit cycles in control loops, requiring the knowledge of linear and nonlinear parameters of the system model. In the present study, a method has been proposed to estimate these nonlinear parameters using the parameters of linear model and amplitude and period of limit cycle produced by nonlinearity. A procedure is proposed to overcome the case of unknown process model. In addition, generalization of this method to the case of parametric uncertainties in the linear part of the control loop has also been presented. The result is a simple and efficient algorithm that can be easily extended to other nonlinearities. Furthermore, the conditions for existence and uniqueness of solution for dead band and stiction estimations have been obtained. The usefulness of the proposed method has been demonstrated through simulations and its applications to a pilot plant and to real industrial data. ISSN : 0888-5885 En ligne : http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=26593340