Abstract This paper describes the design and implementation of digital self-tuning controllers for turbogenerator AVR and governor systems. Practical aspects such as controller robustness, lack of. sufficient processing power, and algorithm mapping issues are discussed. A parallel architecture using Inmos transputers combined with an advanced VME bus-based measurement system provides a solutIOn to these problems and offers the control systems designer the opportunity to implement complex parallel algorithms. Simulation results, involving both SISO and multi-loop self-tuning regulators on a network of T800 transputers, are presented together with implementation results on a laboratory scale microalternator and comparisons with a fixed-gain AVR.
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