Servocontrol of the GS16 Turbine Gas Metering Valve by Physics-Based Robust Controller Synthesis

We present a design approach for robust controller synthesis using a μ-synthesis procedure, which returns a controller in an observor/state-feedback form with physically meaningful states. We are also able to (approximately) retain this physical meaning when using balanced truncation to (significantly) reduce the controller order, as is often necessary in practice. The advantages of this physics-based approach are illustrated by a detailed outline of the controller design for Woodward Governor's GS16 Turbine Gas Metering Valve.

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