Active control of pressure oscillations has been successfully applied to a lean premixed prevaporized (LPP) combustion rig operating at atmospheric conditions. The design of the rig is based on the primary stage of the Rolls-Royce RB211-DLE industrial gas turbine. Control was achieved by modulating the fuel flow rate in response to a measured pressure signal. The feedback control is an adaptive, model-based self-tuning regulator (STR), which only requires the total time delay between actuation and response to achieve control. The STR algorithm achieves a reduction of up to 30 dB on the primary instability frequency. This performance was an improvement of 5–15 dB over an empirical control strategy (simple time-delay controller) specifically tuned to the same operating point. Initial robustness studies have shown that the STR retains control for a 20% change in frequency and a 23% change in air mass flow rate.
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Advanced Closed-Loop Control on an Atmospheric Gaseous Lean-Premixed Combustor
A. J. Riley,
A. J. Riley
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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S. Park,
S. Park
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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A. P. Dowling,
A. P. Dowling
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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S. Evesque,
S. Evesque
Lehrstuhl fuer Thermodynamik, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
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A. M. Annaswamy
A. M. Annaswamy
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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A. J. Riley
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
S. Park
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
A. P. Dowling
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
S. Evesque
Lehrstuhl fuer Thermodynamik, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
A. M. Annaswamy
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, June 16–19; 2003, Paper No. 2003-GT-38418. Manuscript received by IGTI, Oct. 2002, final revision, Mar. 2003. Associate Editor: H. R. Simmons.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Oct 2004, 126(4): 708-716 (9 pages)
Published Online: November 24, 2004
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October 1, 2002
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March 1, 2003
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November 24, 2004
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Riley, A. J., Park, S., Dowling, A. P., Evesque, S., and Annaswamy, A. M. (November 24, 2004). "Advanced Closed-Loop Control on an Atmospheric Gaseous Lean-Premixed Combustor ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. October 2004; 126(4): 708–716. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1788685
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