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PMC Lab

2012-11-22T13:42:12Z

Eben Jacobs:

The Process Modelling & Control lab currently contains five working rigs. The [[Opto 22]] unit is usually refered to as the sixth rig. Equipment on the rigs (and in the lab) is discussed in the lab equipment section. The lab manual is available [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/documents/labmanual.pdf here]. New users wanting to set up computers and software should have a look at [[PMC Lab Users|this page]].

== Rigs ==
For the rigs in the Tribology labs, see [[Tribology|this page]].

<big>'''[[Acetone Flashing]]'''</big>

The acetone flashing rig is a four by four control problem. You can find the documentation [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/01_Acetone/ here].

<big>'''[[pH Loop]]'''</big>

This rig demonstrates pH control. You can find the documentation [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/02_pH/ here].

<big>'''[[Temperature Control]]'''</big>

The temperature control rig was rebuilt by Ivan and David in 2005. You can find the documentation [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/03_Temperature/ here].

<big>'''[[Level and Flow]]'''</big>

Level and Flow is one of our favourite rigs. You can find the documentation [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/04_Level_and_flow/ here].

<big>'''Distillation Columns'''</big>

There are two distillation columns in the chemical engineering laboratories;
* documentation for the [[small distillation column]] (in the PM&C lab) can be found [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/05_Distillation/ here].
* information on the column [[big distillation column]] (between the 3rd year labs and the PM&C lab) .
<big>'''[[Slug Flow]]'''</big>

This unit, copied from a setup done by Ingvald Bårdsen under supervision of Espen Storkaas and Heidi Sivertsen at [http://www.ntnu.no/indexe.php NTNU], models severe slugging behaviour in a pipeline/riser system.
* the original information is hosted at http://www.nt.ntnu.no/users/skoge/diplom/prosjekt03/bardsen/ (this will, if anything, improve your Norwegian)
* our lab documentation is available [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/Slugflow/ here].

<big>'''[[Dual Fluidised Bed System]]'''</big>

This unit, intended to produce bio-oils from woody biomass, is still under construction by Stephen Swart and Prof. Heydenrych. It is intended to be completed by 2012, with the design outlined in [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/08_DualFluidisedBed/2011/Reference%20Material%20-%20Swart%20(2010)/CRO_700_Project%20Design%20Report.pdf Swart (2010)]. The documentation can be found [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/08_DualFluidisedBed/ here].

== Lab equipment ==

Equipment for the rigs are (should be) documented on their respective pages. Some additional equipment in the PMC lab include;
* [[PMC testing equipment|Testing equipment]]

== Contact Details ==

<big>'''[[Burkett Valves]]'''</big>

<big>'''[[Opto Controls]]'''</big>

<big>'''[[Mantech Electronics]]'''</big>\

==MIMO modelling procedure==

The data and the power should be sufficient so that the input affects the output enough.
The system identification toolbox should be opened.
The procedure fits for each output channel at a time
All the input channels data along with the specific output channels data should be stored in a data object
To create a object the input output data and sampling time should be given for Matlab's ''iddata'' function
That data object should then be imported into the toolbox
With this modeling tool there are different models that could be fitted
For ease process models can be chosen that generate transfer function models.

Big distillation column

2012-10-16T08:15:27Z

Eben Jacobs:

==Contact people==

For anyone that needs help with the Emerson system (Delta V) the contact person is:

Steward Mbele

Senior Engineer - IBS

Tel : 016 976 4757

Cel : 083 655 5238

E-mail : stewardm@alpret.co.za

For general other maintenance concerning instrumentation the contact person is:

Sasolburg :

Andre Joubert

Cel : 0829050090

E-mail : Andre.Joubert@sasolcom

==Documentation on previous projects==

Documentation on past projects that were done on the distillation column can be found [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/BigDistillationColumn/ here].

==Help documentation==

Help on the Delta V system and how to use click [http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/current/new_courses/CM4120/2009/Getting%20Started.pdf here].

Big distillation column

2012-10-16T08:14:58Z

Eben Jacobs:

==Contact people==

For anyone that needs help with the Emerson system (Delta V) the contact person is:

Steward Mbele

Senior Engineer - IBS

Tel : 016 976 4757

Cel : 083 655 5238

E-mail : stewardm@alpret.co.za

For general other maintenance concerning instrumentation the contact person is:

Sasolburg :

Andre Joubert

Cel : 0829050090

E-mail : Andre.Joubert@sasolcom

==Documentation on previous projects==

Documentation on past projects that were done on the distillation column can be found [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/BigDistillationColumn/ here].

==Help documentation==

Help on the Delta V system and how to use [http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/current/new_courses/CM4120/2009/Getting%20Started.pdf / here].

Big distillation column

2012-10-16T08:11:28Z

Eben Jacobs:

==Contact people==

For anyone that needs help with the Emerson system (Delta V) the contact person is:

Steward Mbele

Senior Engineer - IBS

Tel : 016 976 4757

Cel : 083 655 5238

E-mail : stewardm@alpret.co.za

For general other maintenance concerning instrumentation the contact person is:

Sasolburg :

Andre Joubert

Cel : 0829050090

E-mail : Andre.Joubert@sasolcom

==Documentation on previous projects==

Documentation on past projects that were done on the distillation column can be found [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/BigDistillationColumn/ here].

==Help documentation==

Help on the Delta V system and how to use [http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/current/new_courses/CM4120/2009/Getting%20Started.pdf].

PMC Lab

2012-09-20T13:25:32Z

Eben Jacobs: /* Rigs */

Big distillation column

2012-09-20T13:23:19Z

Eben Jacobs:

Big distillation column

2012-09-20T13:20:50Z

Eben Jacobs:

For anyone that needs help with the Emerson system (Delta V) the contact person is:

Steward Mbele

Senior Engineer - IBS

Tel : 016 976 4757

Cel : 083 655 5238

E-mail : stewardm@alpret.co.za

For general other maintenance concerning instrumentation the contact person is:

Sasolburg :

Andre Joubert

Cel : 0829050090

E-mail : Andre.Joubert@sasolcom

Documentation on past projects that were done on the distillation column can be found [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/Rigs/BigDistillationColumn/ here].

Big distillation column

2012-09-20T13:18:43Z

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