Faults Detection And Level Control In Coupled Tanks

This paper presents a mechanism for the detection and localization of faults in a plant, which is equipped with two coupled tanks, using residual methods. The water circuit consists of the upper and lower tanks connected through a system of pipes and valves. The controlled variable is the level in the upper tank. The level control system and the faults detection structure were developed under Matlab Simulink. The faults detection structure allows us to detect two faults that can occur in the plant, separately. The proposed method was theoretically developed and experimentally verified on the plant model.