EFFICIENT CONTROL OF FUNCTIONING OF ELECTRICAL GAS PREPARATION COMPLEX TO TRANSPORTATION BY MAIN PIPELINE
The article discusses the problem of increasing the effi ciency of the linear section of the main gas pipeline system by developing eff ective control algorithms for the operating modes of the gas cooling unit. To develop control algorithms for a gas cooling unit, adapted mathematical models of thermal processes in air-cooled gas devices and in a gas pipeline are used. It is shown that when considering the dynamic modes, the gas pipeline system can be represented as consisting of two dynamic links. The link “gas cooling unit”, which includes up to 24 electric drives with heat exchangers, is characterized by relatively short time constants. In the main gas pipeline, heat exchange processes proceed much more slowly. This circumstance allows the main att ention to be focused on the development of an eff ective control system for the cooling plant. The control is carried out by discrete or continuous change in the fl ow rate of the cooling air through the heat exchanger by adjusting the number of switched on air coolers and changing the fan speed. The search for control algorithms for air coolers is carried out by formulating and solving the problem of minimizing the root-mean-square deviation of the gas temperature at the outlet from the heat exchanger from the required value. To implement the obtained control algorithms, a functional diagram of the automatic control system for the operating modes of the gas cooling unit has been developed.