Control in a Complex System
By Sojourner in Technology | 0 comments
Maxwell Quentin studied fluid dynamics and physics, but control of systems in a complex manner was his focus. With a philosophy bounding the realms of chaos theory, he sought to understand how a complex system, like the body or an industrial processing plant, functioned in check. The physics wiz was developing a computer program. It would be too difficult, even for someone of his stature, to even attempt to mimic the human body with a computer program. Instead, he would try modeling a chemical processing plant and the many devices that provided mass flow control within its systems. Inputting the liquid or gas type along with its density, mass, and thermal properties would involve research, but provide a way to go about simulating an ultrasonic flowmeter in his system.
Incorporating 50 flow meters and material properties into a system that had to be designed from the ground up summons the requirements of a supercomputer. However, it can be done. The challenge of accomplishing the task kept Quentin going, but he was not yet sure what the findings, when the project was complete, would prove. In this quest, there was an urgent need to find out.
[tag] mass flow control, ultrasonic flowmeter, flow meters [/tag]
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