PARALLEL ADAPTIVE-CONTROL FOR A TURBOGENERATOR SYSTEM

This paper describes the design and implementation of digital self-tun ing controllers for turbogenerator automatic voltage regulator (AVR) a nd governor systems. Practical aspects such as controller robustness, lack of sufficient processing power, and algorithm mapping issues are discussed. A parallel architecture using Inmos transputers combined wi th an advanced VME bus-based measurement system provides a solution to these problems and offers the control systems designer the opportunit y to implement complex parallel algorithms within the specified 10 ms industrial standard, Test results on a laboratory microalternator, inv olving both SISO and MIMO self-tuning regulators, are presented and co mpared with fixed-gain AVRs.