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System Identification and Resonant Control of Thermoacoustic Engines for Robust Solar Power

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  • Boe-Shong Hong

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, No.168, Sec. 1, University Rd., Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 62102, Taiwan)

  • Tsu-Yu Lin

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, No.168, Sec. 1, University Rd., Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 62102, Taiwan)

Abstract

It was found that thermoacoustic solar-power generators with resonant control are more powerful than passive ones. To continue the work, this paper focuses on the synthesis of robustly resonant controllers that guarantee single-mode resonance not only in steady states, but also in transient states when modelling uncertainties happen and working temperature temporally varies. Here the control synthesis is based on the loop shifting and the frequency-domain identification in advance thereof. Frequency-domain identification is performed to modify the mathematical modelling and to identify the most powerful mode, so that the DSP-based feedback controller can online pitch the engine to the most powerful resonant-frequency robustly and accurately. Moreover, this paper develops two control tools, the higher-order van-der-Pol oscillator and the principle of Dynamical Equilibrium, to assist in system identification and feedback synthesis, respectively.

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  • Boe-Shong Hong & Tsu-Yu Lin, 2015. "System Identification and Resonant Control of Thermoacoustic Engines for Robust Solar Power," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-22, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:8:y:2015:i:5:p:4138-4159:d:49335
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    1. Sindhu Preetham Burugupally & Leland Weiss, 2018. "Power Generation via Small Length Scale Thermo-Mechanical Systems: Current Status and Challenges, a Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-22, August.
    2. Umar Nawaz Bhatti & Salem Bashmal & Sikandar Khan & Rached Ben-Mansour, 2020. "Numerical Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Standing Wave Thermoacoustic Refrigerators with a Multi-Layered Stack," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-25, August.
    3. Chen, Geng & Tang, Lihua & Mace, Brian & Yu, Zhibin, 2021. "Multi-physics coupling in thermoacoustic devices: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    4. Fabio Auriemma & Elio Di Giulio & Marialuisa Napolitano & Raffaele Dragonetti, 2020. "Porous Cores in Small Thermoacoustic Devices for Building Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-19, June.

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