Automated Industrial Wind Tunnel Network Control...

Automated Industrial Wind Tunnel

Network Control with LabVIEW

Matt Draear

Advisor: Dr. MalinowskiAdvisor: Dr. Malinowski

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Presentation Outline

• Overview of Old Hardware

• Overview of New Hardware

• Details of New Hardware

• FPGA LabVIEW Code

• Real-Time Controller LabVIEW Code

• Wind Tunnel Test Results• Wind Tunnel Test Results

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Old Hardware Overview

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New National Instruments Hardware

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Wind Tunnel

Router

National Instruments cRio

Computer

Remote

LabView

Operator

Internet

NI 9472

NI 9505

NI 9205

NI 9211FPGA

Real

Time Cont.

Relay Fan On/Off

Relay Damper Direction

Relay Damper On/Off

Actuator #1 Feedback



Lift Force

Drag Force

Ambient Air Pressure

Wind Tunnel Air Pressure

Ethernet

System Diagram With New Hardware

Webcams

Operator

Interface

Ethernet

NI 9505

NI 9505

NI 9505

Cont. Lift Force

Future Thermocouple #1

Future Thermocouple #2

Actuator #1 Motor

Actuator #2 Motor

Actuator #3 Motor

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National Instruments cRIO – 9074

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Analog Input NI - 9205

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Thermocouple Input NI - 9211

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Digital Output NI - 9472

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Motor Controller NI - 9505

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FPGA Interface

http://www.mit.bme.hu/system/files/oktatas/targyak/7258/criodevgudfull.pdf

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Downloading LabVIEW Code to FPGA

http://www.mit.bme.hu/system/files/oktatas/targyak/7258/criodevgudfull.pdf

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LabVIEW Project with

FPGA / Real Time Controller / IO

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FPGA Front Panel

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Hardware I/O

Actuator PID Control Loop

Actuator Control PWM

Wind Speed PID Control Loop

FPGA LabVIEW Code


Damper Control PWM

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Hardware I/O

FPGA LabVIEW Code

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Hardware I/O Interface With FPGA

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FPGA LabVIEW Code

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Linear Actuator Distance Versus Setpoint

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40

50

60

70

Act

ua

tor

Ex

ten

sio

n (

mm

)

Setpoint

0

10

20

0

0.1

2

0.2

4

0.3

6

0.4

8

0.6

0.7

2

0.8

4

0.9

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1.0

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1.2

1.3

2

1.4

4

1.5

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1.6

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1.8

1.9

2

2.0

4

2.1

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Act

ua

tor

Ex

ten

sio

n (

mm

)

Time (s)

Position

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FPGA LabVIEW Code

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Actuator Control PWM Generation

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FPGA LabVIEW Code


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Wind Speed Versus Setpoint

Win

d S

pee

d (

Mil

e P

er H

ou

r)W

ind

Sp

eed

(M

ile

Per

Ho

ur)

Time (Seconds)

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FPGA LabVIEW Code

Damper Control PWM

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Damper Control PWM Generation

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Hardware I/O




FPGA LabVIEW Code


Damper Control PWM

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Real Time Target LabVIEW Code

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Startup Code

Inputs From FPGA

Measurement Conversions

Output To FPGA

Automated Test Control

Graph and Data Acquisition

Test Time Counter

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Startup Code

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Startup Code

Enable(1)/Disable(0) Lower Limit (mm) Upper Limit (mm)

Actuator #1 1 70 160

Actuator #2 1 0 199

WindTunnelConfigSettings.CSV

Actuator #2 1 0 199

Actuator #3 0 0 199

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Inputs From FPGA

Output To FPGA

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FPGA I/O

Inputs From FPGA Outputs To FPGA

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y = 20.555x + 0.0314

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0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12

Lift

Fo

rce

Ib

s

Sensor Output Voltage

Lift Force Sensor Voltage to Ibs

y = 9.2584x + 0.0033

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

-0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15

Dra

g F

orc

e I

bs


Drag Force Sensor Voltage to Ibs

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y = 6009.7x + 79473

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Ab

solu

te A

ir P

ress

ure

Pa


Ambient Air Pressure Sensor Voltage to Pa

y = 689.48x

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Re

lati

ve

Air

Pre

ssu

re P

a


Wind Tunnel Air Pressure Sensor Voltage to Pa

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Measurement Conversion Sub VIs

SensorConvRT.VI

WindSpeedCalcRT.VI

SensorConvRT.VI

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Graphing and Data Acquisition

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Step

Step

Time (s)

Wind

Speed

#1 Actuator

Position (mm)

#2 Actuator

Position (mm)

#3 Actuator

Position (mm)

0 20 50 120 90 0

1 15 50 90 90 0

2 15 50 150 90 0

3 20 70 120 90 0

WindSpeedTest.CSV

3 20 70 120 90 0

4 15 70 90 90 0

5 15 70 150 90 0

6 20 60 120 90 0

7 15 60 90 90 0

8 15 60 150 90 0

9 15 80 120 90 0

10 15 90 120 90 0

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Data Acquisition Sub VIs

FilePathRT.VI

FileSetupRT.VI47


Test Time Counter

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Test Time Counter

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Startup Code

Inputs From FPGA


Output To FPGA



Test Time Counter

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Test Results and Debugging

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60

80

100

120

140

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Plot From Test Data Recorded to Spreadsheet

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-20

0

20

40

Time (s) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150

Wind Speed Set Point (MPH) Wind Speed (MPH) Linear Actuator #1 Setpoint (mm)

Linear Actuator #1 Position (mm) Drag Force Ibs x10 Lift Force Ibs x10

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[1] Ben Morrison and Mike Firman. “Web Enabled Wind Tunnel System”, Senior

Project, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Bradley University, March

2010, http://cegt201.bradley.edu/projects/proj2010/webwind/

[2] Nick Detrempe and Daniel Monahan. “Automated Industrial Wind Tunnel Controller”,

Senior Project, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Bradley University, April

2012, http://cegt201.bradley.edu/projects/proj2012/aiwt/

[3] NI CompactRIO, National Instruments, [Online] 2012, http://www.ni.com/compactrio

Sources

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NI 9505 Wiring Diagram

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NI 9211 Wiring Digram

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