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Bombay, India
Lecture 9: Inverse Response and Time
Delay Systems
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Fed-batch Chemical Reactor
FA -H
A -- > B
FA T
Chemical Reactor
Suppose the objective is to regulate heat generation and temperature
by manipulating FA addition.
With an increase in addition of FA, the concentration would obviously
increase with an increase in the rate and hence temperature.
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Influence mechanisms
FA affects the temperature T through two different mechanisms :
- Differing enthalpies of mixing causes the reactor to temperature
to initially drop. Mixing dynamics is quick.
- Increase in concentration of reactants results in an increase in
the reaction rate and hence causes the temperature to rise. The
reaction dynamics is relatively slower.
- A balance between the two competing mechanisms causes the
temperature to exhibit inverse response dynamics.
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Inverse Response
Note: Slope @
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Inverse Response Mechanisms
Reaction dynamics
K1
1 s 1
+
u(s) y(s)
+
K2
2 s 1
Mixing dynamics
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Inverse Response Mechanisms
( K1 K 2 )
The zero is located at s
( K1 2 K 2 1 )
Note: We consider open loop stable systems. So
t1 and t2 are considered to be greater than zero.
1 K2
(1 )
Equivalently, 1 K1
s
2 K2
( )
1 K1
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Inverse Response Mechanisms
The zero will be a RHP zero if
K2 2 K2
(1 ) < 0 and ( ) >0
K1 1 K1
K2 2 K2
or (1 ) > 0 and ( ) <0
K1 1 K1
This implies that the zero will be in the RHP if
2 K2 2 K2
1 or 1
1 K1 1 K1
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The zero will be a RHP zero I.e. the system will exhibit
inverse response if:
2 K2 2 K2
1 or 1
1 K1 1 K1
The gains must have opposite sign
The faster system must have the smaller gain