Output-feedback semiglobal stabilization of stall dynamics for preventing hysteresis and surge in axial-flow compressors

This paper deals with the use of feedback control to prevent hysteresis and surge in axial-flow compressors. We present a dynamic output-feedback controller that semiglobally stabilizes every rotating stall equilibrium, and a range of axisymmetric equilibria of the Moore-Greitzer model for axial-flo...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on control systems technology 2006-03, Vol.14 (2), p.301-307
Main Authors: Chaturvedi, N.A., Bhat, S.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Asymptotic properties
Attraction
Axial-flow compressors
Bifurcation
Compressors
Computer science
control theory
systems
Control system synthesis
Control theory. Systems
Dynamics
Exact sciences and technology
Feedback control
high-gain observer
Hysteresis
Limit-cycles
Mechanical engineering. Machine design
Modelling and identification
Nonlinear dynamics
Observers
output feedback
Pressure control
Pump and compressors (turbocompressors, fans, etc.)
semiglobal stabilization
Space technology
stall
Steady-state
Studies
surge
Surges
Weight control
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Summary:This paper deals with the use of feedback control to prevent hysteresis and surge in axial-flow compressors. We present a dynamic output-feedback controller that semiglobally stabilizes every rotating stall equilibrium, and a range of axisymmetric equilibria of the Moore-Greitzer model for axial-flow compressors. The dynamic controller combines a two-state-variable-feedback backstepping controller from the literature with a nonlinear, reduced order, high-gain observer that estimates the mass flow through the compressor from measurements of the pressure rise across it. Given an equilibrium and a compact inner bound on the domain of attraction, we use Lyapunov techniques to compute an explicit lower bound on the observer gain such that the specified equilibrium is asymptotically stable for the closed-loop system, with a domain of attraction that contains the specified inner bound. We use a numerical example to illustrate how the inner bound on the domain of attraction can be specified so that the closed-loop compressor does not exhibit hysteresis and surge oscillations even in response to changes in the throttle setting that are dictated by large and sudden changes in the desired operating point. Simulation results are used to demonstrate the absence of hysteresis and surge in the closed-loop compressor dynamics.
ISSN:1063-6536
1558-0865
DOI:10.1109/TCST.2005.863664