Regulflex

what is Regulflex?

Regulflex is an innovative educational concept for process control and instrumentation.

This concept is based on a real process (production of carbonated drinks) allowing for hands-on training.

Students work on different parts of the manufacturing process.

The stations can operate independently (stand alone mode), or be interconnected to simulate a complex process (process mode).

These sub-systems allow for simple on/off control with/without hysteresis algorithm P, PI, PID and/or complex control (split range, cascade, proportion, trends…).with the control of physical parameters such as PRESSURE , LEVEL, FLOW, TEMPERATURE and other associated parameters.

Product Advantages:

Modularity of the stations (operating parts): only one system is enough to start studying, several systems can be interconnected for different studies (production of cold water, dosing, carbonation and pressurized storage).

Modularity of the controllers (3 different types of controllers: industrial process controller, PLC and Digital Control System DCS)

The manufacturing process provides several benefits:

Edutainment approach (manufacturing your own soft drink)

Use of the main physical units (Flow, temperature, level, pressure)

Easy setting-up and configuration (Water, colored water, syrup, air, CO2)

Use of simple controls (on/off, P, PI, PID…) and complex controls (cascade, ratio, split range…)

Robust operating stations which integrate industrial components (stainless steel piping and tanks…)

Possibility to be used simultaneously by 12 students.

The Regulflex Process Control Line:

Regulflex1 Level & Flow: Training system (Buffer tank) for level and flow control, and instrumentation

Regulflex2 Flow & Ratio: Training system (Proportioning process) for flow & ratio control and instrumentation

Regulflex3 Flow & Temperature: Training system (Food refrigeration) for temperature & flow control , and instrumentation

Regulflex4 Flow & Pressure: Training system (Carbonation) for flow & pressure control and instrumentation

Regulflex5 Pressure & Level: Training system (Keeping pressurized) for pressure & level control and instrumentation

Industrial process controllers: Training module for study of PID industrial process controllers

PLC : Training module for PID control with PLC

DCS : Training module for Distributed Control System

Supervision software for PLC and DCS (with Regulflex application)

Topic coverage:

Level measurements (Ultrasonic, Capacitive, Hydrostatic)

Flow measurements (Vortex, Finned, Flowmeter, Electromagnetic, Thermal mass)

Pressure measurements (Differential, Relative)

Temperature measurements (PT100, PT1000, Thermocouple J, Thermocouple K, Displays/Transmitters)

Other measurements (Brix Degree, Density, dissolved CO2)

Valves (With analog positioner, Electrovalve, thermal mass flow controller for Air/CO2)

Pumps (volumetric dosing, Volumetric rotary vane pump)

Converters (Frequency inverters, Current-to-Current, Current-to-Voltage)

Storage (Atmospheric and pressurized stainless steel tanks)

Industrial refrigeration (Condensing unit, Pressure reducer, Filter-drier, Control valve, Thermostats)

Communication & Fieldbus (Ethernet, Profibus, Hart)

Process Control (Controller, PLC, DCS)

Calibration tools (Power generator, mV generator, Decade counter, Manometer with pump)

Training Activities:

Many training activities have been developed covering 4 different topics:

Analysis (measuring the controlled parameter, signal conditioning, transmitting information, identifying the process order)

Design (Piping & Instrumentation diagram, Electrical diagram, Control loops, Programming)

Control (Production, Process control, Monitoring, Alarm management, Supervision on the Ethernet Network)

Maintenance (Calibration control and tests, Actuator control, Diagnosis, Prevention, Improvement…)