Faculty of Chemical Engineering

CPE501
Chemical Process Control

HOMEWORK #2

BLOCK DIAGRAM

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SUBMISSION DATE: 28 SEP. 2018

QUESTION 1

a) Reduce the block diagram as in Figure 1 to an openloop equivalent block diagram.

b) Find C/R of the system.

c) Replace H1 with 1/G1 and H2 with 1/G2. Then, calculateC/R of the system.

H3

_
+ + +
R G1 G2 C
+ +

H1 H2

Figure 1

QUESTION 2

Reduce the following block diagram to canonical form, isolating block K in the forward loop. Then,
calculate C/R.

R + + 1 C
K
s +1
− −

1
s
s +1

1
0.1
s +1

Figure 2
QUESTION 3

Determine C/R and E/R of the following system.

R + E K1 C

+ s( s + p )
B
K2s

Figure 3

QUESTION 4

Reduce the following block diagram to canonical form.

G3
+
R + + + C
G1 G4 G2
− +

H1

H2

Figure 4

QUESTION 5

Figure 5 shows a block diagram of a position control system. Solve C/R of the control system.

1 2 1
R + 4 + 5 C
- - s 0.1s + 1 s

Figure 5