The unit shall perform the following experiments and investigations: 
Learning Objectives / Experiments 

•  Familiarisation with industrial control loop components 
•  Setup, parameterisation and configuration on the controller 
•  Optimisation of controller settings - level control 
•  Flow rate control
•  Temperature control 
•  Cascade control, level - flow rate 
•  Cascade control, temperature 
•  Low rate - plotting step responses 
•  Fault finding Specification 

 [1]    Control of level, flow rate, temperature and cascade control
 [2]    Main circuit with collecting tank, graduated stirred tank with heater,pneumatic control valve and centrifugal pump
 [3]    Cooling circuit with pump, heat exchanger and rotameter 
 [4]    Refrigeration system and pump to cool the water in the collecting tank
 [5]    Pneumatic control valve in main circuit as actuator for all controls
 [6]    Sensors for the measurement of the controlled variables; level, flow rate and temperature 
 [7]    2 Parameterisable industrial controllers 
 [8]    6 Pshbuttons for fault simulation
 [9]    PLC to monitor safety devices 
[10]   Process control software via PCIe under Windows 7, 8.1, 10including PC1 Computer - System with 21" TFT -Monitor Win 10 engl. 

Technical Data Tanks 

• Stirred tank with scale: approx. 7L
• Collecting tank: approx. 90L Main circuit centrifugal pump
• Max. flow rate: approx. 75L/min
• Max. head: approx. 20m 2 pumps, cooling circuit and refrigeration system
• Max. flow rate: approx. 60L/min 
• Max. head: approx. 4m Heater power output: approx.2kW Controller parameterisable 
• P, PI or PID controller Measuring ranges
• Level: 0...350mm - flow rate: 0...1999L/h 
• Temperature: 0...100°C 230V, 50Hz, 1 phase 230V, 60Hz, 1 phase; 230V, 60Hz, 3 phases UL/CSA optional Dimensions and Weight LxWxH:1920x800x1530mm Weight: approx. 245kg