Pid Functions - Danfoss VLT Decentral FCD 300 Operating Instructions Manual

VLT® Decentral FCD
3.6.1 FCD 300 Regulators
The FCD 300 has two integrated PID regulators, one to regulate speed
and one to regulate processes.
Speed regulation and process regulation require a feedback signal back
to an input. There are a number of settings for both PID regulators that
are made in the same parameters, but selection of regulator type will
affect the selections that have to be made in the shared parameters.
Configuration
In parameter 100 it is possible to select regulator type,
Speed regulation, closed loop
[1] or
Speed regulation
This PID regulation is optimised for use in applications in which there is
a need to maintain a particular motor speed. The parameters that are
specific for the speed regulator are parameter 417 to parameter 421.

3.6.2 PID Functions

Unit of reference/feedback
When Speed regulation, closed loop
figuration the unit of reference/feedback is always rpm.
Process regulation, closed loop
When
figuration
the unit is defined in parameter 416
Feedback
A feedback range must be preset for both regulators. At the same time
this feedback range limits the potential reference range so that if the sum
of all references lies outside the feedback range, the reference will be
limited to lie within the feedback range.
The feedback signal must be connected to a terminal on the frequency
converter. If feedback is selected on two terminals simultaneously, the
two signals will be added together.
Use the overview below to determine which terminal is to be used and
which parameters are to be programmed.
Feedback type Terminal
Pulse 29, 33
Voltage 53
Current 60
A correction can be made for loss of voltage in long signal cables when
a transmitter with a voltage output is used. This is done in parameter
Min./Max scaling
group 300 .
Process regulation, closed loop
[3].
is selected in parameter 100 Con-
Con-
is selected in parameter 100
Process units.
Parameters
305, 307, 327, 328
308, 309, 310
314, 315, 316
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Process regulation
The PID regulator maintains a constant process mode (pressure, tem-
perature, flow, etc.) and adjusts the motor speed on the basis of the
reference/setpoint and feedback signal.
A transmitter provides the PID regulator with a feedback signal from the
process as an expression of the process's actual mode. The feedback
signal varies as the process load varies.
This means that there is a variance between the reference/setpoint and
the actual process mode. This variance is compensated by the PID reg-
ulator by means of the output frequency being regulated up or down in
relation to the variance between the reference/setpoint and the feedback
signal.
The integrated PID regulator in the frequency converter has been opti-
mised for use in process applications. This means that there are a number
of special functions available in the frequency converter.
Previously it was necessary to obtain a system to handle these special
functions by installing extra I/O modules and programming the system.
With the frequency converter the need to install extra modules can be
avoided. The parameters that are specific to the Process Regulator are
parameter 437 to parameter 444.
Minimum/Maximum feedback
Parameters 414/415
to a value in the process unit corresponding to the minimum and maxi-
mum scaling values for signals that are connected to the terminal.
Reference
Maximum reference, Ref
In parameter 205
maximum reference that scales the sum of all references, i.e. the result-
ing reference.
The minimum reference in parameter 204 is an expression of the mini-
mum value that the resulting reference can assume.
All references will be added together and the sum will be the reference
against which regulation will take place. It is possible to limit the refer-
ence range to a range that is smaller than the feedback range. This can
be an advantage if you want to avoid an unintentional change to an ex-
ternal reference making the sum of the references move too far away
from the optimal reference. The reference range cannot exceed the feed-
back range.
If preset references are desired, they are preset in parameters 215 to 218
Preset reference . See description Reference Function
References .
If a current signal is used as the feedback signal, it will only be possible
to use voltage as an analogue reference. Use the overview below to de-
termine which terminal is to be used and which parameters are to be
programmed.
3 Programming
3
must also be preset
it is possible to preset a
MAX
and Handling of
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