Title
Experimental Investigation of Adaptive Feedback Control on a Dual-Swirl-Stabilized Gas Turbine Model Combustor
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Universidad de Michigan
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
Abstract
Combustion instabilities in lean premixed combustion are one of the most prevalent challenges that arise in gas turbines. If not addressed, these instabilities can result in serious performance degradation and mechanical failure. Active control techniques have been used to reduce these instabilities. However, open-loop controllers have a limited operational range, and closed-loop controllers usually require high-bandwidth actuators. The present work considers adaptive control, where the feedback control law operates with a low bandwidth relative to the open-loop dynamics of the combustor, and adapts to a wide range of operating points. An adaptive digital controller is applied to a swirl-stabilized gas turbine model combustor called the Dual Independent Swirl Combustor (DISCo) with the primary objective of reducing the amplitude of the combustion instabilities. The results of several tests performed on the model combustor are shown, which demonstrate the effectiveness of the adaptive controller.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Ingeniería mecánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85123894488
Resource of which it is part
AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
ISBN of the container
9781624106316
Conference
AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022 San Diego 3 January 2022 through 7 January 2022
Sponsor(s)
This research was supported by NSF grant CMMI 1634709, “A Diagnostic Modeling Methodology for Dual Retrospective Cost Adaptive Control of Complex Systems.”
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