Coupled Tanks
Re-configurable process control experiment that enables students to perform a wide array of modeling and control-related laboratories
The Coupled Tanks system is a process control experiment ideal for teaching and research of control topics related to liquid level control.
Learn More- Pressure sensors on each tank
- Re-configurable water flow pump and tanks
- Drain tap allows water from top tank to pour directly into basin
- Three sizes for outflow orifices supplied (small, medium, and large)
- Derivation of dynamic model from first-principles
- Transfer function representation
- Linearization
- Level control
- PID
- Feed-forward
- Control parameter tuning
The following additional components are required to complete your workstation, and are sold separately:
For Simulink
- QUARC® add-on for MATLAB®/Simulink®
- Quanser VoltPAQ-X1 linear voltage amplifier
- One of the following DAQ devices:
- Quanser Q2-USB
- Quanser Q8-USB
- Quanser QPIDe
For LabVIEW
- Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping (Q-RCP) Toolkit® add-on for NI LabVIEW™
- Quanser VoltPAQ-X1 linear voltage amplifier
- One of the following DAQ devices:
- NI CompactRIO with two Quanser Q1-cRIO modules
- NI myRIO with Quanser Terminal Board
- Quanser Q2-USB
- Quanser Q8-USB
- Quanser QPIDe
Product Details
Device mass | 6.6 kg |
Frame dimensions (H x W x L) | 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 91.5 cm |
Pump flow constant | 3.3 cm³/V.s |
Pressure sensor sensitivity | 6.1 cm/V |
Pressure sensor range | 0 to 6.89 kPa |
Tank height | 30 cm |
Tank inside diameter | 4.45 cm |
Small outflow orifice diameter | 0.32 cm |
Medium outflow orifice diameter | 0.48 cm |
Large outflow orifice diameter | 0.56 cm |