Recent developments on applications of sequential loop closing and diagonal dominance control schemes to industrial multivariable system

With a focus on an industrial multivariable system, two subsystems including the flow and the level outputs are analysed and controlled, which have applicability in both real and academic environments. In such a case, at first, each subsystem is distinctively represented by its model, since the outcomes point out that the chosen models have the same behavior as corresponding ones. Then, the industrial multivariable system and its presentation are achieved in line with the integration of these subsystems, since the interaction between them can not actually be ignored. To analyze the interaction presented, the Gershgorin bands need to be acquired, where the results are used to modify the system parameters to appropriate values. Subsequently, in the view of modeling results, the control concept in two different techniques including sequential loop closing control(SLCC) scheme and diagonal dominance control(DDC) schemes is proposed to implement on the system through the Profibus network, as long as the OPC(OLE for process control) server is utilized to communicate between the control schemes presented and the multivariable system. The real test scenarios are carried out and the corresponding outcomes in their present forms are acquired. In the same way, the proposed control schemes results are compared with each other, where the real consequences verify the validity of them in the field of the presented industrial multivariable system control.

Variations in evaporation from water surfaces along the margins of the Badain Jaran Desert over nearly 60 years and influencing factors

Based on meteorological data collected over nearly 60 years(1960-2017)from four national meteorological stations along the margins of the Badain Jaran Desert,this study analyzed the spatiotemporal variations in evaporation from water surfaces and identified the dominant controlling factors.Methods used included linear trend analysis,linear tendency estimation,the departure method,the rank correlation coefficient-based method,and Multiple Linear Regression(MLR).Results indicate notable spatiotemporal differences in evaporation distribution and evolution.Spatially,average annual evaporation exhibited a pronounced altitude effect,decreasing at a rate of about 8.23 mm/m from east to west with increasing altitude.Temporally,annual evaporation showed significant upward trends after 1996 at the northeastern(Guaizi Lake)and western(Dingxin)margins,with rates of 132 mm/10a and 105 mm/10a,respectively.Conversely,along the northwestern(Ejina Banner)and southern(Alxa Right Banner)margins of the desert,an evaporation paradox was observed,with annual evaporation trending downward at rates of 162 mm/10a and 187 mm/10a,respectively,especially after 1987.The dominant factors controlling evaporation varied spatially:Average annual temperature and relative humidity influended the western margin(Dingxin),average annual temperature was the key factor for the northeastern margin(Guaizi Lake),and average wind speed was crucial for the northern(Ejina Banner)and southern(Alxa Right Banner)margins.

Reducing aerodynamic vibration of rigid rotors with retreating side active control avoidance

This paper proposes a new approach to eliminate aerodynamic lift oscillation,called the Dominant Sector Individual Blade Control(DS-IBC)method for rigid rotor helicopters.An Advancing Blade Concept(ABC)rotor model for aerodynamic analysis based on the free-wake method is applied.DS-IBC avoids applying active control on the rotor's retreating side by employing and restricting active control inputs to a sector area of the rotor disc.Outside this sector,only primary collective and cyclic pitch control are used.Each blade takes turns entering the sector,creating a“relay”active control form to ensure continuous control inputs.The method also includes outer-trim and inner-trim iteration modules.Results show that DS-IBC can eliminate aerodynamic lift oscillation using much smaller control inputs than the sine-trim method.By focusing active control on the rotor's advancing side,DS-IBC improves the effective lift-to-drag ratio and reduces the implementation difficulty of active rotor control for aerodynamic oscillation elimination,especially at a large lift-offset.

A dominant role of internal climate variability in controlling Atlantic multidecadal variability during the past 1200 years

Subject Code:D02With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,a collaborative study by the research group led by Prof.Yang Bao(杨保)from the Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification,Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,and