Design of fuzzy logic controller for a cross flow shell and tube heat-exchanger

Author

Pandey, Manjusha ; Ramkumar, Kannan ; Alagesan, V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Instrum. Eng., SASTRA Univ., Thanjavur, India

fYear

2012

fDate

30-31 March 2012

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

154

Abstract

In this paper we design a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) for a cross flow shell and tube heat exchanger system. The purpose of this controller is to maintain a uniform temperature at the output (tube end) of the heat exchanger system, there by varying the input flow rate for a specified range. The control action taken by the FLC is based on the deviation from set point i.e. error (e) and rate of change of range (de). The designed fuzzy logic controller for the heat exchanger system is then compared with a conventional PID controller. The FLC is designed so as to outperform the conventional PID controller.

Keywords

control system synthesis; flow control; fuzzy control; heat exchangers; pipe flow; process control; shells (structures); FLC design; cross flow shell and tube heat exchanger system; fuzzy logic controller design; input flow rate variation; set point; Educational institutions; Electron tubes; Heat transfer; Heating; FLC; PID; Shell and tube heat exchanger;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Engineering, Science and Management (ICAESM), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0213-5

Type

conf

Filename

6215990