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Integrated speed/synchrophasing control of turboprop engine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2018

X. Zhao ,
X. Huang ,
T. Zhang  and
Y. Wang
X. Zhao
Affiliation:
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, JiangSu Province Key Laboratory of Aerospace Power System, Nanjing, China
X. Huang*
Affiliation:
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, JiangSu Province Key Laboratory of Aerospace Power System, Nanjing, China
T. Zhang
Affiliation:
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, JiangSu Province Key Laboratory of Aerospace Power System, Nanjing, China
Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Shenyang Aero engine Research Institute, Shenyang, China
*
xhhuang@nuaa.edu.cn
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Abstract

Propeller synchrophasing control is an active method to reduce the noise and vibration of turboprop aircraft without additional weight and power. Phase control accuracy has a great influence on the noise reduction effect of synchrophasing. An integrated power/speed/synchrophasing control strategy is proposed to improve the control precision. Speed/phase control transformation logic based on a multi-blade phase plane is adopted which can take both the rapidity of speed response and phase control precision into account, but there exists switching oscillation during the mode transform process. In order to suppress the phase fluctuation due to exterior disturbance, a slave-slave control scheme is provided to take place of a master-slave scheme. Simulation results based on an integrated turboprop engine/propeller real-time non-linear model show that speed/phase integration logic can improve the response rapidity of both the speed and phase. The precision of the control system is verified to be in acceptable range.

Keywords

turboprop Engineintegrated speed/synchrophasing controlslave-slave schemeAEROACOUSTICSnoise controlfuzzy logic
Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 122 , Issue 1253 , July 2018 , pp. 1038 - 1050
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2018 

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