PLASMA SPRAY PROCESS ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN: EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING ANALYSIS OF PLASMA SPRAY NONLINEARITIES - Softcover

Cui, Chenhuan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 363911017X ISBN 13: 9783639110173

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

Plasma spray is a high-throughput, economical and low environmental impact coating process that can be used to meet the demanding performance requirements for turbines, pumps, and emerging biomedical applications and solid oxide fuel cells. However, current plasma spray process capabilities are limited by its significant process variations which pose challenges for engineering coating structure for advanced applications as well as optimizing process yield and economics. This dissertation investigates the critical issues needed to develop an advanced plasma spray process control system that can compensate for these process variations, including: characterization of different fluctuations observed in plasma spray process, development an understanding of the sources of the dominant variations, the dominant torch input-output dynamics and nonlinear behaviors of the process, and the control sensing requirements for detecting these variations.

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About the Author

Chenhuan Cui, Sr. Project Engineer Quantum Fuel Technologies Inc. Irvine, CA, U.S.A. Past: Software Engineer, The MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA, U.S.A. Education: 9/2000 ¿ 5/2005 Boston University, Ph.D.,Boston, MA 9/1997 ¿ 3/2000 Zhejiang University, M.Eng., Hangzhou, China 9/1993 ¿ 7/1997 Zhejiang University, B.Eng., Hangzhou, China

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 363911017X
• ISBN 13: 9783639110173
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352