Method and apparatus for self-calibration of a coordinated control system for an electric power generating station
First Claim
1. A method of calibrating a multivariate controller for a coordinated control system of an electric power generating station, the multivariate controller being responsive to a disturbance variable and generating a manipulated variable for controlling a response of the power generating station, the method comprising the steps ofgenerating, by means of a computer-implemented expert system, calibration data predictive of the response of the power generating station to the disturbance variable,forming a feedforward signal based upon the disturbance variable and the calibration data, andupdating the coordinated control system based upon the feedforward signal before the disturbance propagates through the power generating station.
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Abstract
A method of calibrating a multivariate controller in a coordinated control system of an electric power generating station includes an expert system for collecting data at a plurality of operating parameters of the power generating system and providing that data to a characterizer block. By using the calibration data, which is predictive of the response of the power generating system to an external disturbance, the characterizer block provides a feedforward signal to the multivariate controller before the effect of the external disturbance can propagate throughout the power generating system. In the method of the invention, the expert system is implemented as a spreadsheet with a DDE interface to the power generating system and an automatic script file generator for communicating to the characterizer block.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of calibrating a multivariate controller for a coordinated control system of an electric power generating station, the multivariate controller being responsive to a disturbance variable and generating a manipulated variable for controlling a response of the power generating station, the method comprising the steps of
generating, by means of a computer-implemented expert system, calibration data predictive of the response of the power generating station to the disturbance variable, forming a feedforward signal based upon the disturbance variable and the calibration data, and updating the coordinated control system based upon the feedforward signal before the disturbance propagates through the power generating station.
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15. An apparatus for calibrating a multivariate controller in a coordinated control system of an electric power generating station subject to an external disturbance, the apparatus comprising
a multivariate controller, a computer-implemented expert system for generating calibration data predictive of the response of the electric power generating station to the external disturbance, and a characterizer block coupled to the expert system and to the coordinated control system, the characterizer block generating a feedforward signal based upon the external disturbance and providing the feedforward signal to the multivariate controller such that the multivariate controller reacts to the external disturbance before the disturbance propagates through the electric power generating station.
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29. A computer-readable medium having, encoded thereon, software for calibrating a multivariate controller for a coordinated control system of an electric power generating station, the multivariate controller being responsive to a disturbance variable and generating a manipulated variable for controlling a response of the power generating station, the software comprising instructions for executing the steps of
generating, by means of a computer-implemented expert system, calibration data predictive of the response of the power generating station to the disturbance variable, forming a feedforward signal based upon the disturbance variable and the calibration data, and updating the coordinated control system based upon the feedforward signal before the disturbance propagates through the power generating station.
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