IP Library Granted Patent US 9,273,620
Granted Patent B2
US 9,273,620 · App. 13/382,100 · Granted Mar 1, 2016

Method for regulating a gas engine

Inventor: Ludwig Kläser-Jenewein (Frickingen, DE)
Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
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Patent No.
US 9,273,620
App. No.
13/382,100
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for regulating a gas engine ( 1 ) having a generator ( 5 ), wherein a regulator torque is calculated by means of a speed regulator from a speed regulator deviation, wherein a target volume flow is calculated at least as a function of the regulator torque, wherein a fuel volume is determined as a proportion of a fuel-air mixture as a function of the target volume flow, and wherein a target receiver pipe pressure is also calculated as a function of the target volume flow as a guide parameter for a receiver pipe pressure regulating circuit for regulating the mixture pressure (pRRA, pRRB) of a fuel-air mixture in the receiver pipe ( 12, 13 ) above the inlet valves of the gas engine ( 1 ). The invention is characterized in that a deviation of the regulator torque from a generator torque is calculated and the target receiver pipe pressure is corrected using the deviation.

Claims (7)

1. A method for automatically controlling a gas engine, comprising the steps of: computing a controller torque (MR) from a speed control deviation by a speed controller; computing a set volume flow (V(SL)) at least as a function of the controller torque (MR); setting a fuel volume as a fraction of an air/fuel mixture as a function of the set volume flow (V(SL)) by adjusting a gas control device; computing a set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) as a reference input for an intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system as a function of the set volume flow (V(SL)); automatically controlling a mixture pressure (pRRA, pRRB) of an air/fuel mixture in the intake manifold upstream of intake valves of the gas engine by adjusting a mixture control device of the intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system based on the set intake manifold pressure; computing a deviation (yS) of the controller torque (MR) from a generator torque (MGen); correcting the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) based on the deviation (yS), including correcting the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) by correcting input variables of the set intake manifold pressure by the deviation (yS), computing the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) at least from a corrected set volume flow (Vk(SL)), a corrected combustion air ratio (LAMk), and a corrected air requirement (LMINk), and computing the corrected set volume flow (Vk(SL)) by multiplying the set volume flow (V(SL)) by the square of the deviation (yS), and using the corrected set volume flow to adjust the gas control device and the mixture control device to respectively control the fuel volume flow and the mixture pressure.

2. A method for automatically controlling a gas engine, comprising the steps of: computing a controller torque (MR) from a speed control deviation by a speed controller; computing a set volume flow (V(SL)) at least as a function of the controller torque (MR); setting a fuel volume as a fraction of an air/fuel mixture as a function of the set volume flow (V(SL)) by adjusting a gas control device; computing a set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) as a reference input for an intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system as a function of the set volume flow (V(SL)); automatically controlling a mixture pressure (pRRA, pRRB) of an air/fuel mixture in the intake manifold upstream of intake valves of the gas engine by adjusting a mixture control device of the intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system based on the set intake manifold pressure; computing a deviation (yS) of the controller torque (MR) from a generator torque (MGen); correcting the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) based on the deviation (yS), including correcting the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) by correcting input variables of the set intake manifold pressure by the deviation (yS), computing the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) at least from a corrected set volume flow (Vk(SL)), a corrected combustion air ratio (LAMk), and a corrected air requirement (LMINk), and computing the corrected combustion air ratio (LAMk) at least from a reference combustion air ratio (LAMr) and the deviation (yS), the reference combustion air ratio (LAMr) being computed by an input-output map as a function of the controller torque (MR) and actual speed (nM(IST)), and using the corrected set volume flow to adjust the gas control device and the mixture control device to respectively control the fuel volume flow and the mixture pressure.

3. A method for automatically controlling a gas engine, comprising the steps of: computing a controller torque (MR) from a speed control deviation by a speed controller; computing a set volume flow (V(SL)) at least as a function of the controller torque (MR); setting a fuel volume as a fraction of an air/fuel mixture as a function of the set volume flow (V(SL)) by adjusting a gas control device; computing a set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) as a reference input for an intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system as a function of the set volume flow (V(SL)); automatically controlling a mixture pressure (pRRA, pRRB) of an air/fuel mixture in the intake manifold upstream of intake valves of the gas engine by adjusting a mixture control device of the intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system based on the set intake manifold pressure; computing a deviation (yS) of the controller torque (MR) from a generator torque (MGen); correcting the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) based on the deviation (yS), including correcting the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) by correcting input variables of the set intake manifold pressure by the deviation (yS), computing the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)) at least from a corrected set volume flow (Vk(SL)), a corrected combustion air ratio (LAMk), and a corrected air requirement (LMINk), and computing the corrected air requirement (LMINk) by computing a first mixing parameter as a function of the deviation (yS), by computing an efficiency ratio (ETA) from the first mixing parameter and an ignition point (ZZP), by correcting the first mixing parameter recursively by the efficiency ratio (ETA), by setting a last mixing parameter computed as a valid mixing parameter on recognition of a termination criterion, and by multiplying the valid mixing parameter by constants and setting the result as the corrected air requirement (LMINk), and using the corrected set volume flow to adjust the gas control device and the mixture control device to respectively control the fuel volume flow and the mixture pressure.

4. The method in accordance with claim 3 , wherein a termination criterion is present if the recursive loop has been passed through i times or if a difference between two computed mixing parameters (xS(i), xS(i+1)) is less than a limit (GW).

5. The method in accordance with claim 3 , including filtering the valid mixing parameters.

6. The method in accordance with claim 1 , including computing the deviation (yS) by computing a quotient of the controller torque (MR) and the generator torque (MGen).

7. The method in accordance with claim 1 , including automatically controlling an A-side mixture pressure (pRRA) in an A-side intake manifold by a first intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system as a function of the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)), and automatically controlling a B-side mixture pressure (pRRB) in an B-side intake manifold by a second intake manifold closed-loop pressure control system, also as a function of the set intake manifold pressure (pRR(SL)).

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 Jan 3, 2012
From: KLASER-JENEWEIN, LUDWIG
To: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 027471/0238 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 033 082 · Jul 3, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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