A multivariable control (MVC) was designed and implemented for the Joint Technology Demonstrator Engine (JTDE) XTE65-2. The engine control system utilized an existing MC68000 processor that used fixed point ADA for its programming language and was limited in throughput and memory. A canonical formulation for the MVC compensator was used to minimize memory and calculation load on the processor. Use of this formulation resulted in a number of numerical difficulties. This paper relates the issues associated with the implementation of a MVC in this environment, and some approaches to solve these difficulties.
Issue Section:
Gas Turbines: Controls, Diagnostics, and Instrumentation
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Larkin, Louis, 1994, “Pressure Based Closed Loop Thrust Control In A Turbofan Engine,” US Patent No. 5303545.
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