Real-Time HWIL Simulation of Liquid Food Process Lines
Magnus Gäfvert, Tomas Skoglund, Hubertus Tummescheit, Johan Wíndahl, Hans Wikander, Philip Reuterswärd · Lund University Publications (Lund University) · 2008
This paper describes a newly developed Modelica and Dymola based solution for hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation in the food processing industry. The solution has been evaluated for potential larger scale deployment into the operational processes of Tetra Pak Processing Systems. The solution consists of a real-time enabled model library for liquid food processing, which is compiled into a process simulator using Dymola, and custom developed software for communication between the process simulator and a production PLC control system using industry standard OPC protocols.