Análise de um regulador de velocidade digital para a Usina Hidroelétrica de Curuá-Una

Abstract

This paper makes an analyze of a digital controller for the speed control in a hydroelectric factory of Curuá-Una. It’s used two design strategies, one that uses the indirect approach where the controller design is still done on the continues plane and then discretized and direct strategy , where the controller is designed entirely in the discrete plane. The knowledge generated using simulated tests is of great importance because it is one of the major tools to evaluate the performance of digital controllers in a secure environment. The study also contribute with the replacement of old equipment ( with a discontinued production) for digitalized equipment that allow the implementation of modern controllers, this way providing the replacement of classic continues controllers for advanced modern digital controllers, maximizing the efficiency of the system under adverse operation conditions. The work raises the differences, advantages and disadvantages of each controller, in order to assist in choosing the most suitable driver for the design of advanced controllers: adaptive control, fuzzy control or neural control. The difficulties of design and simulation results were the main indicators in assessments of the two digital speed regulator (SR) projected. In overall the SR Direct Digital had the best performance, stability and less effort, however, SR indirect digital performance showed similar, less degradation due to nonlinearities and less design effort.