Temperature and Pressure Dynamic Control for the Aircraft Engine Bleed Air Simulation Test Using the LPID Controller

Abstract

The aircraft engine bleed air simulation thermodynamic laboratory simulation parameters include the bleed air pressure and temperature. However, existing laboratories cannot carry out the dynamic test of the engine bleed air simulation. In the engine bleed air simulation dynamic test, the temperature control has the characteristics of strong coupling and nonlinear and large inertia. The conventional control strategy cannot solve the contradictions of the response speed and stability of the system. Moreover, the dynamic control of the pressure and temperature involve strong coupling. That often leads to the failure of control decisions. Therefore, there is still no relevant report on the laboratory equipment used for the engine dynamic bleed air simulation. According to the above problem, this study adopted heat exchangers for indirect heating to reduce the coupling of dynamic control between temperature and pressure. Specifically, to take into account the rapid response and stability of the system, this study used the lookup table-based PID (LPID) controller to control the temperature and pressure of the bleed air simulation test. The dynamic test errors were within 10%, and the steady-state accuracies were within ±2%. The simulation software results and the engine bleed air simulation test results showed that temperature and pressure control systems based on the LPID controller have advantages: high control precision, a low overshoot amount, a fast response, and a high stability.