Development of virtual-labs for education in chemical process control using Modelica
- 作者：Carla Martin-Villalba ; carla@dia.uned.es ; ; Alfonso Urquia ; Sebastian Dormido
- 关键词：Chemical process education ; Control education ; Virtual laboratory ; Modelica ; Object-oriented modeling
- 刊名：Computers and Chemical Engineering
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：35_00981354
- 类别：et
- 出版时间：6 April, 2012
- 卷：39
- 期：Complete
- 页码：170-178
- 文件大小：1523 K
摘要
Virtual-labs are useful tools for education in chemical process control. A novel approach to virtual-lab implementation using the Modelica language is presented. This approach has the following advantages. Firstly, existing Modelica models can be employed to develop virtual-labs. If new models need to be programmed, the use of Modelica reduces considerably the modeling effort. Secondly, as the complete virtual-lab is described in Modelica, virtual-lab developers don鈥檛 need to use programming languages. Finally, virtual-labs can be easily distributed to the users, who don鈥檛 need to install any additional software. The proposed approach is based on the application of a methodology for interactive model development, and two software tools: a free Modelica library, named Interactive (), and the Dymola modeling environment. Several virtual-labs have been implemented and successfully applied to education in chemical process control. The development of a virtual-lab based on a complex model of a double-pipe heat exchanger is discussed.