COMPUTER CONTROL OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT

This report describes the objective, scope of study, problem identification,
methodology and the experimentation of the project involves in the development of
computer control for an industrial process plant. The project involves the
development of computer control for industrial process plant. The objectives of the
project are to design and tune a PID controller for the control of temperature in a
Gaseous Pilot Plant via real-time using Matlab/Simulink. The Gaseous Pilot Plant in
the Plant Process Laboratory, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS is chosen as the
case study. Specifically, the focus is on the monitoring and controlling the
temperature of the gas medium in the Gaseous Pilot Plant. The PID controller will
operate based on the characteristic and properties of the process. The response of the
temperature can be controlled and monitored in real-time during the experimentation
process. An extensive study to understand the process plant operation and obtaining
its parameters for use in the PID controller have been conducted. Modelling and
simulation involves the Matlab/Simulink modelling and the PID controller design. In
the experimentation stage, the system's performance is conducted and the result is
compared. The real-time PID control of the plant via Matlab/Simulink has been
successfully demonstrated on the pilot plant and a number of key results obtained in
the development process are presented.