Title :
Implementation of a distributed control experimentation platform
Author :
Munoz, Mario A. ; López, Jesu S A ; Caicedo, Eduardo F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Universidad del Valle, Cali
Abstract :
In this work, we present the implementation of a planar temperature grid plant. This plant emulates the working of a control system that is designed to maintain a constant temperature over a surface. The behavior of the implemented plant presents characteristics difficult to describe in mathematical terms like disturbances, interferences, deviations, and temperature gradients. We describe the functional characteristics of the system and its application in the study of distributed control systems in an educational environment. To test the working of the plant we present the obtained results with two resource allocation strategies such as control algorithms
Keywords :
control engineering education; distributed control; gradient methods; process control; temperature control; constant surface temperature; distributed control experimentation platform; educational environment; planar temperature grid plant; Communication industry; Communication networks; Control systems; Distributed control; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Resource management; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Control Applications, 2005. ICIECA 2005. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Quito
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9419-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIECA.2005.1644379
