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This document contains 6 questions regarding liquid-level systems and transfer functions between input flow rates and liquid levels in multiple interconnected tanks. It includes diagrams of tank systems and asks the reader to: 1) Determine transfer functions for given tank systems. 2) Calculate response characteristics like overshoot and rise time for a step input. 3) Derive transfer functions starting from first principles for a two-tank series system. 4) Calculate time constants and response times for a two-tank critically damped system. 5) Derive and evaluate transfer functions for a two-tank interacting system.

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Tutorial - 3 Qns

This document contains 6 questions regarding liquid-level systems and transfer functions between input flow rates and liquid levels in multiple interconnected tanks. It includes diagrams of tank systems and asks the reader to: 1) Determine transfer functions for given tank systems. 2) Calculate response characteristics like overshoot and rise time for a step input. 3) Derive transfer functions starting from first principles for a two-tank series system. 4) Calculate time constants and response times for a two-tank critically damped system. 5) Derive and evaluate transfer functions for a two-tank interacting system.

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Process Dynamics and Control – CH351

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1. Determine the transfer function H(s)/Q(s) for the liquid-level system shown in Fig. 1.
Resistances R1 and R2 are linear. The flow rate from tank 3 is maintained constant at b
by means of a pump; i.e., the flow rate from tank 3 is independent of head h. The tanks
are noninteracting.

Figure 1: Three tank non-interacting system.

2. (a). Find the transfer functions H2/Q and H3/Q for the three-tank system shown in Fig.
2 where H2, H3, and Q are deviation variables. Tank 1 and tank 2 are interacting.
(b). For a unit-step change in q (that is, Q = 1/s), determine H3(0) and H3(∞), and sketch
H3(t) versus t.

Figure 2. Three tanks connected for fluid flow.

3. Starting from first principles, derive the transfer functions H1(s)/Q(s) and H2(s)/Q(s) for
the liquid-level system shown in Fig. 3 The resistances are linear and R1 = R2 =1. Note
that two streams are flowing from tank 1, one of which flows into tank 2. You are
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expected to give numerical values of the parameters in the transfer functions and to
show clearly how you derived the transfer functions.

Figure 3: Two tanks connected in series mode

4. A step change of magnitude 4 is introduced into a system having the transfer function

Determine
(a) Percent overshoot
(b) Rise time
(c) Maximum value of Y (t)
(d) Ultimate value of Y (t)
(e) Period of oscillation

5. The two-tank liquid-level system shown in Fig. 4 is operating at steady state when a
step change is made in the flow rate to tank 1. The transient response is critically
damped, and it takes 1.0 min for the change in level of the second tank to reach 50
percent of the total change. If the ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the tanks is A1/A2
= 2, calculate the ratio R1/R2. Calculate the time constant for each tank. How long does
it take for the change in level of the first tank to reach 90 percent of the total change?
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Figure 4. Two tank non-interacting system

6. The two tanks shown in Fig. 5 are connected in an interacting fashion. The system is
initially at steady state with q = 10 cfm. The following data apply to the tanks: A1 = 1
ft 2, A2 = 1.25 ft2, R1 = 1 ft/cfm, and R2 = 0.8 ft/cfm.

Figure 5. Two tank interacting system


(a) If the flow changes from 10 to 11 cfm according to a step change, determine H2
(s), i.e., the Laplace transform of H2(t), where H2 is the deviation in h2.
(b) Determine H2(1), H2(4), and H2 (∞).
(c) Determine the initial levels (actual levels) h1(0) and h2(0) in the tanks.
(d) Obtain an expression for H1(s) for the unit-step change described above.

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