Accuracy of the gas turbine engine dynamic model self-tuning

Sergiy Yepifanov, Oleksii Bondarenko

Abstract


One of the most promising directions in the development of aircraft engines is related to the introduction of adaptive automatic control systems (ACS). The defining element of these systems are dynamic mathematical models of engines capable of self-adjustment based on engine operating parameters measured in flight. A number of leading researchers have developed a concept of using such models called STORM (Self-Tuned On-board Real-time Model). However, in the corresponding works, clearly insufficient attention is paid to solving the problem of checking the sufficiency of the information used to ensure the necessary accuracy of the models. This check must be performed a priori (to predict the composition of engine operating modes, and the volume of registered information), as well as posteriori. The subject of this study is the process of forming dynamic mathematical models (MM) of gas turbine engines using real data for the subsequent use of these models to solve problems related to the control and diagnostics of on-board systems. The goal of this study is to determine the dependence of estimation errors of dynamic parameters of mathematical models on influencing factors. Tasks considered in the work: forming the structure of a mathematical model, dividing the identification process into stages according to the structure of the model (estimating the parameters that determine the static and dynamic properties of the object), forming the least-square functional for the assessment task, determining the errors in estimating dynamic coefficients, analyzing influencing factors, and determining dependencies between factors and errors. For this purpose, the methods of the theory of air-jet engines, the theory of linear dynamic systems, and statistical evaluation are used. The following results were obtained: a mathematical model of a turboshaft engine with a reciprocating gas generator was formed, and ratios were obtained that allow determining the errors in estimating the time constant of a reciprocating engine or gas generator. Scientific and practical innovation: for the first time, a ratio was obtained that determines the errors in estimating the time constant based on the specified values of the measurement errors, the intensity of the jump-like change in fuel consumption, and the frequency and duration of observation. These relations are presented in dimensionless coordinates, which makes them universal and able to be applied to any single-stroke turbojet engine or single-stroke gas generator during a priori or a posteriori analysis of results, as well as planning experiments and debugging on-board self-tuning algorithms of models.

Keywords


gas turbine engine; turboshaft; gas generator; dynamic mathematical model; time constant; identification; estimation error; design of experiment

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32620/aktt.2024.2.04