Date of Completion

6-3-2011

Embargo Period

5-24-2011

Advisors

Chengyu Cao; Zbigniew Bzymek

Field of Study

Mechanical Engineering

Degree

Master of Science

Open Access

Open Access

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the effectiveness of “classical strategies for dynamic control” on authentic cogeneration processes. These strategies are applied to several processes at the University of Connecticut’s cogeneration plant. Case studies of their applications are presented in this paper. Strategies that are applied include the following:

1) The classical SISO feedback structure

2) The First Order Plus Dead Time (FOPDT) process model

3) The Internal Model Control (IMC) correlations for PI controller tuning

4) Static feed forward with feedback trim

5) Cascade Control

Major Advisor

Douglas Cooper

Share

COinS