Robust Control of Diesel Ship Propulsion

This book covers a number of models and control types. An integrated nonlinear state-space mode of the marine propulsion system is developed. This is based upon physical principles that incorporate uncertainties arising from engine thermodynamics and disturbances arising from propeller hydrodynamics. The mode employs artificial neural networks to depict the nonlinearities of the thermochemical processes of engine power/torque generation and the engine–turbocharger dynamical interaction; neu...