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US 2017/0322116 A1Published application
System and method to model power output of an engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorErnesto Heliodoro Escobedo Hernandez
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Abstract
A system includes an engine configured to generate power to drive a load. The system also includes a power augmentation system configured to augment a power output of the engine when the power augmentation system is activated. Additionally, the system includes a controller operatively coupled to the power augmentation system. The controller is configured to estimate a potential change in the power output of the engine caused by activation of the power augmentation system using a power augmentation model and an engine performance model.
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A system, comprising:
- an engine configured to generate power to drive a load;
- a power augmentation system configured to augment a power output of the engine when the power augmentation system is activated;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled to the power augmentation system, wherein the controller is configured to:
- estimate a potential value of a first operating parameter of the engine caused by activation of the power augmentation system by inputting a measured value of the first operating parameter of the engine in a power augmentation model for the power augmentation system;
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- estimate a potential change in the power output of the engine caused by activation of the power augmentation system by inputting the measured value and the potential value of the first operating parameter in an engine performance model for the engine that predicts power output of the engine.
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A system, comprising:
- a controller operatively coupled to a power augmentation system configured to increase a power output of an engine, wherein the controller is configured to:
- measure a plurality of operating parameters of the engine using a plurality of sensors;
- estimate a potential value of a first operating parameter of the plurality of operating parameters caused by activation of the power augmentation system by inputting a measured value of the first operating parameter of the plurality of operating parameters in a power augmentation model for the power augmentation system;
- and
- estimate a potential increase in the power output of the engine caused by activation of the power augmentation system by inputting the measured value and the potential value of the first operating parameter of the plurality of operating parameters in an engine performance model for the engine that predicts power output of the engine.
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A method, comprising:
- measuring, via a controller, a plurality of operating parameters of an engine;
- selecting, via the controller, a power augmentation model from two or more power augmentation models for a power augmentation system configured to increase a power output of the engine;
- estimating, via the controller, a potential value of a first operating parameter of the plurality of operating parameters caused by activation of the power augmentation system by inputting a measured value of the first operating parameter of the plurality of operating parameters in the power augmentation model;
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- estimating, via the controller, a potential increase in the power output of the engine caused by activation of the power augmentation system by inputting the measured value and the potential value of the first operating parameter of the plurality of operating parameters in an engine performance model for the engine that predicts power output of the engine.
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