Question: A jacketed stirred tank is used to cool a process stream by flowing cooling water through the jacket as shown below. Assume constant volumes, densities,

A jacketed stirred tank is used to cool a process stream by flowing cooling water through the
jacket as shown below. Assume constant volumes, densities, heat capacities. Simulate the
temperature control loop with Simulink and trend the response of the transmitter and controller
outputs for 200 minutes to: a step change of +10\deg C in process fluid temperature at time =40
minutes, a step change of -5\deg C in coolant temperature at time =80 minutes, a step change of
+0.02 m^3/min in process fluid flow at time =120 minutes. Use a real PID controller tuned for
quarter decay ratio response, a linear characteristics control valve with constant pressure drop,
a first-order lag temperature transmitter with a 0.6 min time constant and a 2070\deg C range, a
first-order lag control valve with a 0.1 min time constant and a 0.00.8 m^3/min range. The
ultimate gain and period of the loop with a proportional controller were determined by a closed
loop step test to be: -75%CO/%TO and 8 min, respectively. Process parameters are given below.
Properly label your Simulink block diagram and trend.
I. Process constants:
U = overall heat transfer coefficient
U =200 kJ/min-m^2-\deg C
A = heat transfer surface area =4 m^2
V = stirred tank volume =5.0 m^3
Vc = coolant jacket volume =1.1 m^3
\rho = process fluid density =800 kg/m^3
\rho c = coolant density =1000 kg/m^3
cp = process fluid heat capacity =3.8 kJ/kg-\deg C
cpc = coolant heat capacity =4.2 kJ/kg-\deg C
II. Design conditions:
v = process fluid flow rate =0.1 m^3/min
vc = coolant flow rate =0.2 m^3/min
Ti = process fluid inlet temperature =70\deg C
Tic = coolant inlet temperature =25\deg C

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