1.1 INTRODUCTION
control: methods to force parameters in the environment to have specific values
1.2 control systems
1.2.1 process-control principles
In process control , the basic objective is to regulate the value of some quantity. To regulate means to maintain that quantity at some desired value regardless of external influences. The desired value is called the reference value or setpoint .
The Process
It is known that the output flow rate varies as the square root of the height. that is
A self-regulating system does not provide regulation of a variable to any particular reference value. In this example, the liquid level will adopt some value for which input and output flow rates are the same,and there it will stay.
Human-aided control
controlled variable: the actual liquid height
controlling variable/manipulated variable