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245 0 0 _aSpeed Control of Pipeline Pig Using the QFT Method
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_cjul./ago. 2012
270 _a14/05/2013 ; 14/05/2013
300 _a8 p. ; 693-701
520 _aTraducción del resúmen del autor: To provide an efficient inspection of pipeline, pigging operations must be executed at a constant speed. This paper presents an efficient and simple method based on Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT), which is a well-known robust controller scheme, for speed control of a pig with bypass flow in a liquid pipeline. This classical-type controller commands the valve installed in the body of the pig to open or close. Then, the pig is controlled using the amount of bypass flow across its body. For this purpose, the nonlinear dynamic equation of motion of the pig is converted to a family of linear uncertain equivalent plants using Sobhani-Rafeeyan’s method (SR method). Then, for this family of uncertain equivalent plants, a QFT-type controller is synthesized. The presented method is developed for two-dimensional pipelines in two cases. The designed controllers are simulated numerically using the Simulink toolbox of the MATLAB software. The simulation results show that the designed controller can be used for speed control of the pig with good performance when it runs in the liquid pipelines.
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773 0 _tOil and Gas Science and Technology
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942 _cARTICULO
100 1 _aMirshamsi, M.
_953173
100 1 _aRafeeyan, M.
_953174
999 _c187688
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