Re: [foxboro] Cascade Master Block Reversing Control

  • From: "Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)" <ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:27:23 -0400

James,
 

What equipment and software versions are involved?

 

*         CP10/30/40/60/x270

*         I/A Series Version 4.3.x, V6.1.x+, V7.x, V8.x

 

Regards,

 

Alex Johnson

Invensys Process Systems

Invensys Systems, Inc.

10707 Haddington

Houston, TX 77043

713.722.2859 (voice)

713.722.2700 (switchboard)

713.932.0222 (fax)

ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of James B Koenig
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:05 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] Cascade Master Block Reversing Control

 

Thought I would ask this all knowing - been there - seen that list for

information before I went to TAC.

I have a problem with our cascade loops that only shows up once in awhile.

Lately more often. Every loop I have seen this on is a quiet Master temp

control loop using various temp, press or flow slave controllers.

 

The Master block will start controlling backwards. Example, when the

measurement rises above setpoint and the output should drive lower, it

actually starts rising instead. If you take the slave block out of remote

and then put it back into remote, the Master block will start acting

correctly again. This only happens on cascaded controls.

 

This has gone on in several version levels, for many years, but lately I am

told by our Techs that this has been happening once every two to three

weeks now, instead of only happening once every year or so, unless not

being reported.

 

Almost all of our cascaded controls are configured as shown below. Below is

the configuration of the last one that reversed control.

 

Currently running v6.5 with AP51B and CP40A's

 

Master Block (temp)                       Slave Block (press)

AOUT

Period   2                                Period   2

Period   2

Phase    1                                Phase    1

Phase    1

FBK      :SlaveBlock.BCALCO               FBK      :SlaveBlock.OUT

MEAS     :SlaveBlock.OUT

MODOPT   5                                MODOPT   5

PRIBLK   1

INCOPT   0                                INCOPT   1

PRIBLK   0                                PRIBLK   1

INITI    :SlaveBlock.INITO                INITI    :AOUT.INITO

BCALCI   :SlaveBlock.BCALCO               BCALCI   :AOUT.BCALCO

LOCSP    1                                LOCSP    0

                                          RSP      :MasterBlock.OUT

DERIV    0.02                             DERIV    0.0

 

I have also found several, but not all have had derivative set in the

Master block, the loop that did this a few weeks ago, two weeks in a row

(only known time same control loop this close together), did not have the

derivative set.

 

No other configuration set other than alarming functions. Since this

appears random , and not sure how to repeat it, I am not sure what my step

might be to stop it form happening.

 

Has anyone seen anything like this?

Where should I start looking to correct this?

 

thank you

 

James B Koenig

Production Data Tech

BASF Corp.

 

 

 

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