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Suppression of harmonic perturbations and bifurcation control in tracking objectives of a boiler-turbine unit in power grid

Moradi, H ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s11071-014-1239-y
  3. Abstract:
  4. In the presence of harmonic disturbances, boiler-turbine units may demonstrate quasi-periodic behaviour due to the occurrence of various types of bifurcation. In this article, a nonlinear model of boiler-turbine unit is considered in which drum pressure, electric output and drum water level are controlled via manipulation of valve positions for fuel, steam and feed-water flow rates. For bifurcation control in tracking problem, two controllers are designed based on gain scheduling and feedback linearization (FBL). To investigate the efficiency of control strategies, three cases are considered for desired tracking objectives (a sequence of steps, ramps/steps, and a combination of them). According to the results, FBL controller works successfully in suppression of harmonic perturbations and consequently bifurcation control. As it is implemented, quasi-periodic solutions (caused by Hopf bifurcation) are vanished; leading to the appearance of periodic solutions with low amplitudes. Consequently, appropriate tracking performance with less oscillatory behaviour is observed for the drum pressure, electric output, and drum water level (desirable for the power grid). In addition, when FBL controller is used, less control efforts are predicted for the bifurcation control
  5. Keywords:
  6. Feedback linearization ; Nonlinear dynamics ; Tracking objectives ; Boiler control ; Boilers ; Dynamics ; Electric power distribution ; Harmonic analysis ; Hopf bifurcation ; Turbines ; Water levels ; Bifurcation control ; Boiler turbine units ; Boiler turbines ; Gain Scheduling ; Harmonic disturbances ; Harmonic perturbations ; Quasi-periodic solution ; Tracking performance ; Controllers
  7. Source: Nonlinear Dynamics ; Vol. 76, Issue. 3 , 2014 , pp. 1693-1709 ; ISSN: 0924090X
  8. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11071-014-1239-y