The equipment should be able to demonstrate the followings:
Proportional, Integral and Derivative control
Cascade control
Determining the dead time
Response and characteristics of the process
Tuning techniques of controllers
Specifications/Provisions (or equivalent)
The unit must be equipped with (or corresponding part):
Framework: Stainless steel or anodized aluminum with enough thickness to withstand the load of equipment and/or different components of equipment
Tank with capacity of 10 l, including heating element, digital thermostat and variablespeed stirrer
Column with capacity of 5 litres
Centrifugal pump
Flow rate = 2000 l/h
Head = 10 m
Air-cooled heat exchanger, including motor, cooling fan and tachometer generator
Electronic flow-rate transmitter including calibrated diaphragm with range of 0 to 300 l/h and 4 to 20 mA output signal
Electronic differential-pressure transmitter with 4 to 20 mA output signal and range of 0 to 250 mm H2O
Pneumatic control valves
Electro-pneumatic converters, 4 to 20 mA / 0.2 to 1 bar
Piping and valves
Safety control
PID controllers
Automated unit along with software for computerized control of the equipment
Computer
UPS with enough backup for shutting down the unit/equipment in case of power failure
List of spares (for 1 year)
The unit must be supplied with all mandatory accessories for smooth operation, gases along with cylinders, installation & after-sale maintenance services, calibration kits (if any) and practices manuals.