Control of a Water Tank Level Process Using IMC Controller

Palomino S.; Gutarra A.; Quispe A.; Alegria E.J.; Diaz C. · 2022 IEEE ANDESCON: Technology and Innovation for Andean Industry, ANDESCON 2022 (2022) · DOI: 10.1109/andescon56260.2022.9989679

Resumen

This work presents the Internal Model Control (IMC) of the tank water level in a small-scale industrial multipurpose water tank process. The variables involved in this process are the water flow and water level, internal tank temperature, and pressure. A conventional PID controller is also implemented for comparison purposes. Both control algorithms, IMC and PID, are implemented using a ControlLogix L73 PLC and the Studio 5000 software, where the computation of overshoot, steady-state error, and settling time are performed. Finally, both controllers are tested with disturbances added to the process variables.

Instituciones: Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología