Question: QUESTION 1 A cooling coil is integrated inside a stirred tank reactor to release heat generated during a reaction process. To maintain a constant reactor

QUESTION 1
A cooling coil is integrated inside a stirred tank reactor to release heat generated during a reaction process. To maintain a constant reactor temperature, a proportional controller is utilized to control the flow rate of the coolant. The controller has been built in a manner that the regulated reactor displays common underdamped second-order temperature responses when it is disrupted by the flow rate of the feed or by the temperature changes of the coolant.
1.1 What is the gain of the transfer function (under feedback control) that relates the changes in the reactor temperature to that of the flow rate of the feed if the flow rate of the feed to the reactor changes from 0.4kgs to 0.5kgs and the reactor temperature changes from 100C to 102C?
1.2 What is the complete transfer function, if it is observed that the response is oscillating with a maximum of 102.5C and 102C taking place at 1000 seconds and 3060 seconds after the change has started? (NB. Use the analytical approach to get your answers).1.3 If the operator failed to notice the rise time, estimate tr based on the results in question 1.1 and 1.2.
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 QUESTION 1 A cooling coil is integrated inside a stirred tank

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