Nuovo Pignone Holding S.p.a.

General Electric Company

Nuovo Pignone Holdings, S.p.a.

Stefano Groppi

Andrea Casoni

Benoit Fecamp

Ever Avriel Fadlun

Alessandro Russo

Control and regulation system of a combustion unit () of the type comprising a combustion chamber () and a catalyst (), the control and regulation system comprising: -an acquisition device of signals proportional to functioning parameters characteristic of the functioning state of the combustion unit (), an electronic data processing unit () connected to the signal acquisition device from which it receives signals, a control and regulation program associated with said electronic data processing unit (), a first fuel distribution valve (), a second air distribution valve (), a data base associated with said electronic data processing unit (), the electronic data processing unit () receives signals from the signal acquisition device, processes them and regulates the opening of the first valve () and second valve () to minimize the polluting emissions of CO and Nox of the combustion unit ().

Control system of an internal combustion engine

System for controlling and optimizing the emissions of a catalytic combustor in a single-shaft gas turbine (), comprising at least one calculation unit for implementing a mathematical model of the operation of the said gas turbine (), on the basis of a set of predetermined parameters, by means of which the aforesaid emissions can be optimized during variations of the operating conditions of the turbine over a range of external environmental conditions from approximately &#x2212;29&#xb0; C. to +49&#xb0; C.

System for controlling and optimizing the emission of a catalytic combustor in a single-shaft gas turbine

A control method for a gas turbine engine is described. The control method includes, for example, corrected control parameters which are adjusted for environmental and/or operating parameters. Control of a fuel valve and a bleed valve in the gas turbine are described relative to various control algorithms.

Corrected parameter control method for a two-shaft gas turbine

In order to limit the flame temperature peaks following sudden load variations, corresponding control is planned of the position of the blades () of the distributor with variable geometry, of a single-shaft gas turbine (); in particular, the control system proposed comprises a direct-action regulator () consisting of a calculation unit (), which implements the simplified running model of the gas turbine (), and a feedback regulator (), which makes it possible to recuperate any inaccuracies of the direct-action regulator (), caused by variations of the performance of the turbine (), relative to those planned by the model, or caused by modelling errors.

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