Title :
Coupling analysis and control of temperature and relative humidity in a drying room
Author :
Hong Ma ; Wei Zhang ; Yang, Simon X.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper analyzes the coupling influence of temperature and relative humidity in a meat-drying room, and its resulting excessive energy consumption. This coupling influence is shown to require a practical control system that decouples the two factors. Analysis of temperature disturbance and evaluation of energy consumption are presented. The application of steady-state temperature and relative humidity control system improvement and the resulting performance and energy savings are discussed.
Keywords :
drying; food products; humidity control; temperature control; coupling analysis; energy consumption; energy savings; meat drying room; practical control system; relative humidity control system; steady state temperature; temperature control; temperature disturbance; Couplings; Humidity; Humidity control; Temperature control; Temperature measurement; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Automation (ICIA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yinchuan
DOI :
10.1109/ICInfA.2013.6720509
