Automatic Pressure Control System for the Wright Laboratory Compressor Research Facility.

Abstract

This thesis presents the design of a pressure control system for the Compressor Research Facility (CRF). Using a fluid dynamics model of the CRF, a controller was designed to track commanded test chamber pressure while the test compressor operated at varying speeds. This was accomplished by adjusting CRF inlet valves first with a coarse open-loop gain schedule, then closing the loop with a digital dynamic compensator for fine adjustments. The design was simulated on a digital computer and coded for incorporation into the CRF's current control algorithm. Control systems, Automatic tracking, Compensators, Discrete controllers, Wind tunnels.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273827

Entities

People

  • Brian J. Hull

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Automatic Tracking
  • Compensators
  • Compressors
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Computers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Research Facilities
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Fluid Dynamics.