Principles for control
2.3 Characteristic values of the control section
PID control
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Response rate of controlled systems
Controlled systems can be judged on the basis of the following values:
T
u
< 0.5 min, T
g
< 5 min = fast controlled system
T
u
> 0.5 min, T
g
> 5 min = slow controlled system
Parameters of certain controlled systems
Temperature
Small electrically heated furnace
Large electrically heated annealing fur-
nace
1 to 5 min 10 to 20 min Up to 20 K/min.
Large gas-heated annealing furnace
Distillation tower 1 to 7 min 40 to 60 min 0.1 to 0.5° C/s
3
Injection molding machines
Flow rate
Not relevant
Pressure
Drum boiler with gas or oil firing
Drum boiler with impact grinding mills
Speed
–1
Voltage