Empirical tuning of an on-board gas turbine engine model for real-time module performance estimation

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Volponi, Al ^a   Brotherton, Tom ^b   Luppold, Rob ^b  

^a PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

^b Intelligent Automation Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENGINES; GAS TURBINES; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; REAL TIME CONTROL; SPEED;

COMPLEX MODELING; COMPONENT PERFORMANCE; COOLING FLOWS; EMPIRICAL TUNING; ENGINE MODELING; EXECUTION SPEED; GAS-TURBINE ENGINES; HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS; HIGH-FIDELITY; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; MODULE PERFORMANCE; NON-LINEAR PHYSICS; OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS; PIECE-WISE LINEAR MODELS; PROCESSOR SPEEDS; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; STATE VARIABLES; STATOR VANES; STEADY-STATE OPERATIONS; TRANSIENT OPERATIONS;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 53949124103     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2799527     Document Type: Article

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