IP Library Granted Patent US 8,340,885
Granted Patent B2
US 8,340,885 · App. 12/679,476 · Granted Dec 25, 2012

Method for controlling a stationary gas motor

Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,340,885
App. No.
12/679,476
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention proposes a method for controlling a stationary gas motor ( 1 ), wherein a rotational speed control deviation is calculated from a target rotational speed (nSL) and a current rotational speed (nIST), a target torque is determined from the rotational speed control deviation as the controlled variable, wherein a mixture throttle angle (DKW 1 , DKW 2 ) is determined for the determination of a mixture volume flow and of a current mixture pressure (p 1 (IST), p 2 (IST)) in a receiver pipe ( 12, 13 ) upstream of the intake valves of the gas motor ( 1 ) as a function of the target volume flow, and wherein a gas throttle angle is determined for determining a gas volume flow as the gas content in a gas/air mixture, also as a function of the target volume flow.

Claims (7)

1. A method for automatically controlling a stationary gas engine, comprising the steps of: computing a speed control deviation (dn) from a set speed (nSL) and an actual speed (nIST); using the speed control deviation (dn) in a speed controller to determine a set torque (MSL) as a correcting variable; using the set torque (MSL) to determine a set volume flow (VSL); determining a mixture throttle angle (DKW 1 , DKW 2 ), for determining a mixture volume flow (V 1 , V 2 ) and for determining an actual mixture pressure (p 1 (IST), p 2 (IST)) in a receiver tube ( 12 , 13 ) upstream of intake valves of the gas engine, as a function of the set volume flow (VSL); and determining a gas throttle angle, for determining a gas volume flow (VG) as a gas fraction in a gas/air mixture, as a function of the set volume flow (VSL).

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the set volume flow (VSL) is computed by limiting the set torque (MSL) and assigning the set volume flow (VSL) to the limited set torque (MSLB) by an engine map as a function of the actual speed (nIST).

3. The method in accordance with claim 2 , including limiting the set torque as a function of the actual speed (nIST).

4. The method in accordance with claim 3 , additionally including setting the torque limit as a function of a detected fault state of the system (FM) and a permissible mechanical maximum torque.

5. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the mixture throttle angle (DKW 1 , DKW 2 ) includes computing a set mixture pressure (pSL) from the set volume flow (VSL), determining a mixture pressure control deviation (dp 1 , dp 2 ) from the set mixture pressure (pSL) and an actual mixture pressure (p 1 (IST), p 2 (IST)) in the receiver tube, and using the mixture pressure control deviation (dp 1 , dp 2 ) to compute, by means of a mixture pressure controller, a correcting variable (QF 1 , QF 2 ) for determining the mixture throttle angle (DKW 1 , DKW 2 ).

6. The method in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the computation of the set mixture pressure (pSL) also takes into account the actual speed (nIST), a constant set lambda (LAM(SL)), an engine stroke volume (VH), a volumetric efficiency (LG) corresponding to a cylinder cutoff, a mixture temperature (T 1 ) in the receiver tube, a standard air pressure (pNORM), a standard temperature (TNORM), and a fuel quality (LMIN).

7. The method in accordance with claim 1 , including for a V-type gas engine, computing a first mixture throttle angle (DKW 1 ) for an A side of the engine for determining a first mixture volume flow (V 1 ) and a first actual mixture pressure (p 1 (IST)) in a first receiver tube and computing a second mixture throttle angle (DKW 2 ) for a B side of the engine for determining a second mixture volume flow (V 2 ) and a second actual mixture pressure (p 2 (IST)) in a second receiver tube.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
To: ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 058741/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2010
From: BALDAUF, JOHANNES; KLAESER-JENEWEIN, LUDWIG; SMUDA, PEER
To: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 024331/0507 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 045 195 · Sep 21, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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