Comparing the Performance analysis of three tank level control system using Feedback and Feedforward-feedback configuration

Abstract

A multi tank level control system includes both theexample of interacting and non-interacting system. In this system, we have considered three tanks each having equal area and each tank can be assumed as a first order system which are connected in interacting and non-interacting mode. The control system is intended to maintain the level of the third tank at some predefined value irrespective of changes of inflow of first tank. Conventional PID controller is a powerful controller used in process industries to regulate and control process variables. In this paper, we also consider the effect of the disturbance on the response of the system. According to these disturbances, we need to implement feed forward controller with better tuning algorithm. Thus, we implement transfer function of above system and behaviour is observed with step input