GasTurb 13

CONTROL SYSTEM SMULATON

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 GasTurb 12 Main Window

For this tutorial we will use a

Turbojet.
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 We Need Some Data

Select the
engine model

Open the engine

model
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 Off-Design Input Window

Select Max
Limiters
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The control system protects the engine by limiting

temperatures, pressures, spool speeds etc.
 Max Limits

Run the Off-

Design cycle

Enter numbers here Activate the selected limiters

Click the Max

Limiter option
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You can set switch on several limiters

simultaneously. The limiter which restricts the engine
most will fix the operating point.
 Solution for Three Active Limiters
Nrel,max=101%

Close the result

window
T3,max=650K

Active Limiter
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The Turbine Exit Temperature T5 limiter is active,

neither the Spool Speed NH limit nor the Compressor
Exit Temperature T3 limit is violated
 Fuel Flow and Thrust as Pseudo Limiters

Run the Off-

Design cycle

Enter the desired thrust Activate the limiter here

Click the Max

Limiter option
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You may want to run the engine to a given thrust.

 The Cycle for 25kN Thrust
Thrust = 25kN

Close the result

window
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 HPC Spool Speed ZXN with Activated Limiters
Click on Basic
Data
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If any limiter is active, then the input for ZXN given

(1) or ZT4 given (2) is automatically set to 1 and
disabled.

The HP Spool Speed ZXN is no longer seen on this

page
 HPC Spool Speed ZXN with Activated Limiters

While a limiter is active,

HP Spool Speed ZXN
Click on Iteration is an iteration variable
Variables
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 Limiters And Composed Values

Click on Formulas
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If you want to consider a limiter which is not on the

Limiters page, then define a composed value.
 Limiters And Composed Values

Close the
formula window
and go to the
limiter page
Introduce as a P5Limiter
the ratio of P5/P2, for
example.
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Any Composed Value can be

employed as Limiter.
 Limiters And Composed Values

Run the Off-Design

cycle

Select the composed Enter an example

value value and activate it
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 Limiters And Composed Values

Close the result

window The P5/P2 limiter
is active
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 Control Schedules

De-select the
P5Limiter
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Open Schedules
Besides single valued limiters you can also employ
Control Schedules
 Defining a Control Schedule
Select the parameter Select the parameter from which the
Close the
to be controlled controlled parameter depends
schedule
window

Click to
activate the
schedule

Plot the
schedule

Enter values
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 Changing Ambient Temperature

Run the Off-Design

cycle

Click alt, Mach,

Delta T from ISA =
dtamb
11.85K yields at sea level
static conditions T2=300K
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 T5 Follows the Schedule

Remember:
T2 = 300K yields as
scheduled T5 =
1110K.
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This slide ends the

Control System
Simulation Tutorial