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from Gravity Drained Tank Model with Experimental Results by John Hedengren
Material balance model and experimental results of a gravity drained tank

tank(t,x)
% Simple Tank Model
%
% This is a model of the LabView control system that Lina set up
%   in the CPE Unit Ops Lab at UT Austin

function xdot = tank(t,x)

global u

% Input (1):
% Inlet Valve State (% Open)
percent_open = u;

% State (1):
% Volume in the Tank (mL)
volume = x;

% Parameters
% Experimentally Determined Outflow Constant (mL^0.5/sec)
c_outflow = 0.14;
% Experimentally Determined Inflow Constant (mL/sec)
c_inflow = 0.25;

% Compute xdot
xdot(1,1) =  (c_inflow * percent_open) - (c_outflow * volume^0.5);

% Low Volume Constraint
low_volume = 265;
if (volume < low_volume) & (percent_open < (c_outflow * low_volume^0.5)/c_inflow),
   xdot(1,1) = 0;
end

   

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