Empirical Models of the Purdue Furnace

Exercise 1
 

Develop first-order-plus-time-delay (FOPTD) transfer function models from your simulated furnace response data that you obtained from the PCM Furnace Module Tutorial. Do the following:

  1. Include labeled plots of the simulated data for the three process variables of interest: air flow rate, qA; hydrocarbon exit temperature, T; and the O2 exit concentration, CO2.
  2. Develop FOPTD models that relate output variable, T, to the input variable, qA. Use one of the methods described in Chapter 7 of the SEM textbook. Determine an individual transfer function model for each of the three qA step changes.
  3. Summarize your calculated model parameters in a table. Also, briefly describe the method that you used to calculate the model parameters.
  4. Plot the responses for furnace temperature, T, and the transfer function model response, Tmod, for the qA step changes used in the Tutorial.