Intelligent Turbine Engines
Abstract
This program focuses on the fundamental and practical issues that hinder development of intelligent control systems for improving the performance of turbine engines, such as rotorcraft turboshaft engines. Our approach to the development of an intelligent control system has focused on advances in the basic understanding of engine processes through experiments and advanced computational models, refinement of appropriate sensor and actuator technologies, and development of practical control strategies for control of steady-state and transient performance. Substantial advances have been made on: unsteady modeling of compressor and combustor flows, control strategies for compressor surge and stall; combustor control using synthetic jets and smart fuel injectors; model-based, fuzzy logic and neural network control approaches; and MEMS and optical sensors able to operate in high temperature environments. In this report, we highlight advances in simulations, control theory, and compressor control (since last year's report focused on sensor and actuator technologies).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 19, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADP012099
Entities
People
- A. Glezer
- M. Brooke
- Monica Allen
- Suresh Menon
- Wassim M. Haddad
Organizations
- Georgia Tech