dabatman99
Member
I have an application that I was wondering if these function blocks could help me out. I work at a hydro-dam (less than 4 MWatts), and we control our headpond level by how much we open our intake gates to our turbines (there are 3 main gates). We are currently controlling level by using setpoint differential from the desired headpond level. This causes the level to always oscillate up and down by a few inches. I would like to see us have a more consistent level (the environment guys would love us to keep the fishways operating at a more consistent rate). I was thinking of adapting the PIDE and SRTP function blocks as we monitor our headpond via a pressure transducer and we pulse our gates open and close depending upon how far it is from the setpoint. Does anybody have any experience working with such an application? I know the SRTP function block is to be used for a temperature heating/cooling cycle, but why couldn't it be used for this application? Let me know what you guys are thinking. Thanks