Surge Control of the Electrically Driven Centrifugal Compressor

Author

Boinov, Konstantin O. ; Lomonova, Elena A. ; Vandenput, André J A ; Tyagunov, Andrey

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol.

Volume

42

Issue

6

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1523

Lastpage

1531

Abstract

This paper presents a method of the energy efficiency and the operational performance improvement of the electrically driven air compression system. The key innovation of the proposed method-the active surge suppression of the centrifugal compressor by means of the speed control of the electrical drive has been experimentally validated. This method allows the load following operation of the compression system keeping the fast response on the application demands. The described control approach is considered to be applied to the "Balance-of-Plant" of a fuel-cell power system

Keywords

angular velocity control; compressors; electric drives; fuel cell power plants; power generation control; surge protection; active surge suppression; air compression system; balance-of-plant; electrical drive; electrically driven centrifugal compressor; energy efficiency; fuel cell power system; speed control; surge control; Control systems; Energy efficiency; Induction motors; Industry Applications Society; Load flow; Power system control; Power systems; Surges; Technological innovation; Velocity control; Compressor surge control; energy efficiency; fuel-cell system; high-speed induction motor; time-optimal control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIA.2006.882683

Filename

4012279