Monitoring platform, identification and control of level systems based on a SCADA architecture

This work aims to show the development and methodology of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Software for a built level control system to apply different classical control techniques and compare them with an input given by the user. The work presents the steps needed to identify and tune a first order system, using software developed in Java programming language. Thus, it is essential for the process optimization to provide the shortest possible settling time response and no (or almost no) overshoot. The identification tests proved that the quality of the identified model met the system requirements. All identification processes, tuning, and performance analysis were calculated and parametrized with the developed software, proving to be a useful tool. The data obtained for the performance analysis showed that the control gains inserted by the user (using Ant Colony Optimization) achieved better results and still presented the desired behavior, with no overshoot and fast response time.