Modeling and control for axial ow compression systems have received great attention in recent years. The objectives are to suppress rotating stall and surge, to extend the stable operating range of the compressor system, and to enlarge domains of attraction of stable equilibria using feedback control methods. The success of this research eld will signiicantly improve compressor performance and ...

Active controllers that allow the compressor to operate safely at its peak pressure rise point by preventing surge and controlling entry into rotating stall need to be globally stabilizing. Bifurcation methods have emerged as a useful tool for the analysis of global stability and control of nonlinear dynamical systems such as the axial compressor. In this paper we show how bifurcation analysis ...

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This thesis contains new results in the eld of modeling and control of rotating stall and surge in compressors. A close coupled valve is included in the Moore-Greitzer compression system model and controllers for both surge and rotating stall is derived using backstepping. Disturbances, constant and time varying, are then taken into account, and nonlinear controllers are derived. Stability resu...

Issues concerning the detection of surge and rotating stall in a compression system are considered. It is observed that, when surge or rotating stall happens, the plenum pressure rise and mass flow rate of a compression system exhibit abrupt change while those of its linearized model do not. With this observation, it is shown that the surge and rotating stall can be successfully detected by emp...

A combination of theoretical and computational nonlinear analysis techniques are used to study the scenario of bifurcations responsible for the initiation of rotating stall in an axial ow compressor model. It is found that viscosity tends to damp higher-frequency modes and so results in a sequence of bifurcations along the uniform-ow solution branch to stall cells of diierent mode number. Lower...

In this paper we evaluate the actuator rate requirements for control of rotating stall using a bleed valve and provide tools for predicting these requirements. Modiication of both the stable and unstable parts of the compressor characteristic via addition of continuous air injection serves to reduce the requirement of a bleed valve used for the purpose of rotating stall stabilization. Analytica...