Integrated governor control for a diesel-generating set

This paper is concerned with the detailed implementation of real-time fuzzy logic speed control for a standby diesel-generating set. The implementation platform is that of the Mathworks xPC Target. This rapid prototyping scheme permits the automatic cross-compiling of the nonreal-time Simulink contr...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on energy conversion 2006-06, Vol.21 (2), p.476-483
Main Authors: McGowan, D.J., Morrow, D.J., Fox, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automatic control
Cards
Control system synthesis
Diesel engine
digital governors
distributed generation
Engine control
Engines
Fuzzy control
Fuzzy logic
Governors
Hardware
Instruments
Modules
Polycarbonates
Prototypes
Real time
Real time systems
real-time control
Variable gain
Velocity control
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Summary:This paper is concerned with the detailed implementation of real-time fuzzy logic speed control for a standby diesel-generating set. The implementation platform is that of the Mathworks xPC Target. This rapid prototyping scheme permits the automatic cross-compiling of the nonreal-time Simulink control system model into real-time C code, which is executable on the xPC target PC. The digital governor xPC target hardware consists of a desktop PC with a National Instrument Input/Ouput card and a Softing Controller Area Network Card. The paper details the fuzzy control model and the methods with which to communicate with the engine control module. Tests were conducted on a 50-kVA diesel-generating set. The results show that the fuzzy controller is superior to the variable gain PID-type governor used by the conventional engine control module.
ISSN:0885-8969
1558-0059
DOI:10.1109/TEC.2006.874247