Alleyne shares research on thermal system power flow

12/22/2016

  On December 12, MechSE professor Andrew Alleyne presented one of two opening plenary talks at IEEE’s 55th Conference on Decision and Control.

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On December 12, MechSE professor Andrew Alleyne presented one of two opening plenary talks at IEEE’s 55th Conference on Decision and Control.
 
His talk, “Modeling and Control of Power Flow for Transient Thermal Systems,” focused on the dynamic phenomena starting with a basic thermodynamic cycle and building up to more complex systems. 
 
“The overall goal of the modeling process is to develop systems-level models that are sufficiently flexible to be used on a variety of different applications. These models balance complexity with accuracy to obtain models that are sufficient for dynamic optimization and design as well as control algorithms 
In addition to the modeling approach we present control strategies aimed at managing the flow of thermal power,” said Alleyne. 
 
He presented a hierarchical approach to power flow that accommodates multiple power modes. The hierarchy allows for systems operating on different time scales to be coordinated, and for different control tools to be used at different levels of the hierarchy based on the needs of the physical systems under control. 
 
Alleyne is the Ralph and Catherine Fisher Professor in MechSE and director of the Power Optimization Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) Center. The long-term goal of POETS is to increase the power density of current mobile electrified systems by 10-100 times over current state-of-the-art systems.
 
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This story was published December 22, 2016.