Data-Driven Dynamic Prediction of Interrelated Heat and Electric Outputs of Microturbines

Xiandong Xu, Kang Li, Fengyu Qi, Hongjie Jia

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Abstract

Microturbines are among the most successfully commercialized distributed energy resources, especially when they are used for combined heat and power generation. However, the interrelated thermal and electrical system dynamic behaviors have not been fully investigated. This is technically challenging due to the complex thermo-fluid-mechanical energy conversion processes which introduce multiple time-scale dynamics and strong nonlinearity into the analysis. To tackle this problem, this paper proposes a simplified model which can predict the coupled thermal and electric output dynamics of microturbines. Considering the time-scale difference of various dynamic processes occuring within microturbines, the electromechanical subsystem is treated as a fast quasi-linear process while the thermo-mechanical subsystem is treated as a slow process with high nonlinearity. A three-stage subspace identification method is utilized to capture the dominant dynamics and predict the electric power output. For the thermo-mechanical process, a radial basis function model trained by the particle swarm optimization method is employed to handle the strong nonlinear characteristics. Experimental tests on a Capstone C30 microturbine show that the proposed modeling method can well capture the system dynamics and produce a good prediction of the coupled thermal and electric outputs in various operating modes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE ISGT Europe 2016 Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOIs
Publication statusEarly online date - 12 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ISGT Europe Conference
ISSN (Print)1949-3053

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