Agile computer control of a turboalternator

The paper describes the design and implementation of a new type on nonlinear digital controller. This controller and other comparable ones are evaluated by implementing them on a laboratory microturboalternator system coupled to a minicomputer. Offline theoretical predictions of the system response, based on a comprehensive mathematical model, are presented. The results show that the transient performance of this new controller compares favourably with that of existing digital controllers. A novel nonrecursive solution to the discrete Riccati equation is also demonstrated.