Method for controlling a thermodynamic process, in particular a combustion process

US7035717B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Powitec Intelligent Technologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Franz Wintrich · Essen, DE
• Volker Stephan · Gardelegen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2006
• Expiry date: May 15, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23N2223/52
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for controlling a thermodynamic process, in particular a combustion process, in which the system status (st) is measured, compared with optimization targets (rj), and in which suitable setting actions (ai) are performed in the system for controlling it, a process model (PM) is determined that is independent of the optimization targets (rj) and which describes the effects of actions (at) on the system status (st), and in which a situational evaluation (SB) that is independent of the process model (PM) evaluates the system status (st) by means of quality functions (ut) with regard to the optimization targets (rj).