1.

The Wood and Berry distillation column is a 2 x 2 system with the following
open-loop transfer functions:
 12.8e  s  18.9e 3s 
16.7 s  1 21s  1 

G p (s)   
 6.6e  7 s  19.4e  3s 
 
10.9s  1 14.4s  1 

a. Calculate the relative gain array (RGA) and the minimum singular
value.
b. Show that the system is controllable and determine the appropriate
pairing between the manipulated and controlled variables.
c. Draw a block diagram of the feedback control system with the
appropriate pairing chosen in part (b) above.
d. Design appropriate decouplers in order to improve the control
performance and draw the block diagram.

2. A two-tank interacting liquid level system is described by the following open-

loop transfer functions:
s5 4
G11  G12 
s  1s  7  s  1s  7
4 2s  3
G21  G22 
s  1s  7 s  1s  7

a. Calculate the relative gain array (RGA) and the minimum singular
value.
b. Show that the system is controllable and determine the appropriate
pairing between the manipulated and controlled variables.
c. Draw a block diagram of the feedback control system with the
appropriate pairing chosen in part (b) above.
d. Design appropriate decouplers in order to improve the control
performance.