Owing to wide applications of automatic control systems in the process industries, the impacts of controller performance on industrial processes are becoming increasingly significant. Consequently, controller maintena...Owing to wide applications of automatic control systems in the process industries, the impacts of controller performance on industrial processes are becoming increasingly significant. Consequently, controller maintenance is critical to guarantee routine operations of industrial processes. The workflow of controller maintenance generally involves the following steps: monitor operating controller performance and detect performance degradation, diagnose probable root causes of control system malfunctions, and take specific actions to resolve associated problems. In this article, a comprehensive overview of the mainstream of control loop monitoring and diagnosis is provided, and some existing problems are also analyzed and discussed. From the viewpoint of synthesizing abundant information in the context of big data, some prospective ideas and promising methods are outlined to potentially solve problems in industrial applications.展开更多
Severe operational problems of sediment deposition have frequently occurred in stormwater sewer systems in Shanghai city due to the flat topography of the area and serious illicit connections. To control sewer sedimen...Severe operational problems of sediment deposition have frequently occurred in stormwater sewer systems in Shanghai city due to the flat topography of the area and serious illicit connections. To control sewer sediment and its subsequential problems,optimized operation plans were proposed and an innovative performance assessment method was developed. Simula-tion results demonstrated that,through changing the way of pump operation and installing necessary actuators in the system,the optimized operations,especially batch intermittent intercept plan,effectively improved the flow velocity in the entire system in dry-weather condition. In conclusion,the optimized operation is an innovative idea for improving the performance and solving the problem of sediment deposition in the sewer system in Shanghai,China.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB720505)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21276137,61433001)+1 种基金Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Programthe seventh framework programme(FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES-612230)of European Union
文摘Owing to wide applications of automatic control systems in the process industries, the impacts of controller performance on industrial processes are becoming increasingly significant. Consequently, controller maintenance is critical to guarantee routine operations of industrial processes. The workflow of controller maintenance generally involves the following steps: monitor operating controller performance and detect performance degradation, diagnose probable root causes of control system malfunctions, and take specific actions to resolve associated problems. In this article, a comprehensive overview of the mainstream of control loop monitoring and diagnosis is provided, and some existing problems are also analyzed and discussed. From the viewpoint of synthesizing abundant information in the context of big data, some prospective ideas and promising methods are outlined to potentially solve problems in industrial applications.
基金Project (No. 2008ZX07317-001) supported by the Special Grand National Science-Technology Project for Water Pollution Control and Treatment, China
文摘Severe operational problems of sediment deposition have frequently occurred in stormwater sewer systems in Shanghai city due to the flat topography of the area and serious illicit connections. To control sewer sediment and its subsequential problems,optimized operation plans were proposed and an innovative performance assessment method was developed. Simula-tion results demonstrated that,through changing the way of pump operation and installing necessary actuators in the system,the optimized operations,especially batch intermittent intercept plan,effectively improved the flow velocity in the entire system in dry-weather condition. In conclusion,the optimized operation is an innovative idea for improving the performance and solving the problem of sediment deposition in the sewer system in Shanghai,China.