Surge control of the electrically driven centrifugal compressor

Author

Boinov, K.O. ; Lomonova, E.A. ; Vandenput, A.J.A. ; Tyagunov, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

2-6 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

2887

Abstract

This paper presents a method of the energy efficiency and the operational performance improvement of the electrically driven air compression system. The key innovation of the proposed method-the active surge suppression of the centrifugal compressor by means of the speed control of the electrical drive has been experimentally validated. This method allows the load following operation of the compression system keeping the fast response on the application demands. The described control approach is considered to be applied to the "balance-of-plant" of a fuel cell (FC) power system.

Keywords

angular velocity control; compressors; electric drives; energy conservation; fuel cell power plants; surge protection; air compression system; balance-of-plant; electrical drive; electrically driven centrifugal compressor; energy efficiency; fuel cell power system; speed control; surge control; surge suppression; Control systems; Energy efficiency; Fuel cells; Load flow; Power generation; Power system control; Power systems; Surges; Technological innovation; Velocity control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2005. Fourtieth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2005

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9208-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2005.1518869

Filename

1518869