Control loops:• Temperature of the boiler or water heater(T2): this temperature has to be between 60 – 65, the temperature is going to be control by the water heater switch in the control console. If the temperature raise 65, then there are 2 options, either turn off the switch or Read more…
The first type of control that I used for the plant process was the manual control. That was the first time I work with a process plant, so at the beginning I had to watch some videos which explaine how the plant works, and everything you had to do, to Read more…
A PLC (programmable logic controller) is a electronic device used for industrial control systems. The basic units have a CPU (a computer processor) that is dedicated to run one program that monitors a series of different inputs and logically manipulates the outputs for the desired control. They are meant to Read more…
This intership is going to be about the control of a pasteurization plant that can be used to demonstrate different methods of control such as manual control, single feedback loops and control of the whole process by a computer. The system is a miniature replication of a real pasteurization process. Read more…
Pasteurization is a heat-treatment process that destroys pathogenic microorganisms in certain foods and beverages, it is named after the French scientist, Louis Pasteur who in 1860’s demostrated the abnormal fermentation of wine and beer. He realized that the problem with the sour or vinegary taste was produced by the unwanted Read more…