Design and implementation of an observer-based soft sensor for a heat exchanger

The objective of this work is to describe step-by-step how to implement an observer-based soft sensor in order to estimate process variables for which a hardware sensor is not available. The design and implementation procedure is illustrated by applying it to a counter-flow double-pipe heat exchange...

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Autores:
Escobar Jiménez, Ricardo Fabricio
Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel
Hernández, José A.
Medina, Manuel Adam
Guerrero Ramírez, Gerardo Vicente
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/37742
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/37742
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/27826/
Palabra clave:
Soft sensor
nonlinear observer
heat exchanger.
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openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:The objective of this work is to describe step-by-step how to implement an observer-based soft sensor in order to estimate process variables for which a hardware sensor is not available. The design and implementation procedure is illustrated by applying it to a counter-flow double-pipe heat exchanger. The approach used to design the nonlinear observer is based on a simplified mathematical model of the process. Numerical simulations and experiments were performed in a bench-scale pilot plant in order to validate the proposed scheme.