Metoda szybkiego prototypowania w opracowaniu algorytmu sterowania instalacją solarną

W artykule opisano metodę opracowania algorytmu sterowania instalacją solarną o podstawowym wariancie hydraulicznym z wykorzystaniem symulacji w programie MATLAB-Simulink-RTWT. Przeprowadzono logiczną (symulacja off-line) i sprzętową (symulacja on-line według metody Rapid Prototyping) weryfikację poprawności działania sterownika. Przedstawiono sposób walidacji rozwiązania na stanowisku laboratoryjnym.

The paper describes a method for compiling a control algorithm for a solar installation with basic variant hydraulic simulation, using the MATLAB-Simulink-RTWT program. The methodology of Model-Based Design was applied. The solar heating system with the control system is illustrated in Fig. 1. The action of the control system is shown in the block diagram (Fig. 2). A logical (off line) simulation was conducted in MATLAB- Simulink in order to verify the proper operation of the virtual controller prototype, as illustrated in the flowchart of Fig. 4. The simulation showed the correctness of the prototype operation, which calculated the correct value of the output signal when given specific values of the input signal. The input and output signals during simulation are shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 presents the way of validating solutions for the laboratory - on-line simula-tion by the method of Rapid Prototyping. The block diagram of the control algorithm in MATLAB-Simulink used during the simulation is shown in Fig. 7. A post in the laboratory for on-line hardware simulation with elements of the real object connected to a virtual loopback control system is presented in View 1. The on-line simulation did not show any errors in the prototype driver. With specific signals from the measuring elements, prototype calculated the control signal for a pump-Executive solar installation correctly.