Novel Control-Oriented Models for Liquid Transport in Falling Film Evaporator Tubes

Abstract The paper presents novel control-oriented transport models for evaporating liquid films in the tubes of a falling film evaporator. In this context, our goal consists in qualitatively mapping the experimentally observed input-output behavior. Two transport models are proposed, where the difference between them is that one allows overtaking of liquid particles and the other does not. The transport models are equipped with two new models of evaporation which are different from the commonly assumed uniform evaporation. The models are initially developed from the conservation laws in the form of partial differential equations. Using the method of characteristics we then obtain the input-output relations for the proposed models in the form of time-delay equations. The time-delay representation is advantageous for simulation and for the future control design. In a simulation study, we observe the principal properties of the models and find that they correspond well with the experimentally observed input-output behavior.

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