This Flow Control Apparatus is designed to demonstrate automatic control of the ow of water delivered by a centrifugal pump. The present invention relates to a flow control apparatus for a positive-displacement pump such as rotary-vane pump, plunger pump, gear pump, and more particularly to the flow control apparatus for keeping a flow rate of fluid discharged from the pump at the high rotational speed which is lower than a flow rate of fluid discharged from the pump at the low rotational speed. The unit enables students to investigate the effects of changing the parameters of the control algorithm (proportional band, integral action and derivative time) on the control capability of the system.
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This Level Control System is designed to allow numerous level control experiments to be performed within a typical laboratory session. This invention relates to an improved type of electronic liquid level control apparatus, yand more particularly toa relatively. A simple electronic type 'of controller which may be utilized to maintain substantially accurate liquid levels, within small liquid receiving chambers. A for use with very small liquid receiving chambers, such as -may be used 'in laboratory apparatus or pilot plants, or they are not adapted for use with extremely high pressure'equipment because of yinadequate packing glands or sealing means. Still other types of liquid level 'controllers are adapted to operate overa relatively wide range of level variations and are not sensitive to small changes ,in liquid' level. The unit enables students to investigate the effects of changing the parameters of the control algorithm and changes can be made to the process conditions by adjustment of the ow into the vessel. Many of the present-forms of liquid level ycontrollers are of a type which are not suitable.
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