Question

16. A process engineer at an oil refinery is tasked with monitoring the status of a distillation column. To function safely and effectively, the temperature, pressure, and crude oil flow rate needs to be 350-360°C, 650-760 torr, and 350-415 barrels per hour, respectively. Construet a Matlab code that utilizes logic and disp/fprintf to display the appropriate notification when the column temperature, pressure, or crude oil flow rate are too high/low. Ignore cases where more than one condition has been exceeded. 20 Points

Answer 1

MATLAB Code:

close all
clear
clc

% Limits of temperature, pressure and flow rate
TL = 350; TH = 360;
PL = 650; PH = 760;
FL = 350; FH = 415;

% Sample input
T = 355; P = 600; F = 400;

if T < TL
disp('Temperature is too low.')
else
if T > TH
disp('Temperature is too high.')
end
end

if P < PL
disp('Pressure is too low.')
else
if P > PH
disp('Pressure is too high.')
end
end

if F < FL
disp('Flow rate is too low.')
else
if F > FH
disp('Flow rate is too high.')
end
end

Sample Output for the Sample Input:

Pressure is too low.