Course: Process Control, NMBU
Dec 2017 - April 2018
Filtering of
measurement signals
By Finn Aakre Haugen, PhD, TechTeach
(finnhaugen@hotmail.com)
F. Haugen. Process Control. NMBU. 2018. 1
Control loop with measurement filter:
Without meas filter:
With meas filter:
• The purpose of the filter: To smooth the noisy measurement
signal, to make the control signal less noisy.
• Which filtering function? Time-constant is the most common, by
moving average is also used.
F. Haugen. Process Control. NMBU. 2018. 2
Filtering functions:
1. Time-constant filter algorithm:
Simulator
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2. Moving average filter (example: 4th order filter):
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These two filters behave quite similar if:
Tf = 2 sec. Tv = 4 sec.
Ts = 0.1 sec.
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