Robust Control of Diesel Ship Propulsion [Hardcover]

Based on the authors research and practical projects, he presents a broad view of the needs and problems of the shipping industry in this area. The book covers several models and control types, developing an integrated nonlinear state-space model of the marine propulsion system.

The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. New theory, new controllers, actuators, sensors, new industrial processes, computer methods, new applications, new philosophies ... , new challenges. Much of this development work resides in industrial reports, feasibility study papers and the reports of advanced collaborative projects. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of such new work in all aspects of industrial control for wider and rapid dissemination. As fuel becomes more expensive, as engine technology changes and as marine safety requirements become more stringent there is a continuing need to re? investigate and re-assess the controller strategies used for marine vessels. Nikolaos Xiros has produced such a contribution in this Advances in Industrial Control monograph on the control of diesel ship propulsion. The monograph is carefully crafted and gives the full engineering and system background before embarking on the modelling stages of the work. The physical system modelling is then used to investigate both transfer function and state space models for the engine dynamics.1 Introduction.- 1.1 The Marine Diesel Propulsion System.- 1.1.1 Historical Note.- 1.1.2 Marine Engine Configuration and Operation.- 1.1.3 The Screw Propeller.- 1.2 Contribution of this Work.- 1.2.1 Statement of the Problem.- 1.2.2 Overview of the Approach.- 1.2.3 Text Outline.- 2 Marine Engine Thermodynamies.- 2.1 Physical Engine Modelling.- 2.2 Turbocharged Engine Model Variables.- 2.3lӟ