The development of a control and monitoring system for a naval steam power plant

Due to its complicated system, the presence of many equipment items and the large quantity of needed control parameters a steam power plant has a majority of its controlled objects not liable to be represented by simple mathematical models. During the operation of the plant many parameters are interrelated and involved in a complicated coupled relationship. Numerous controlled parameters cannot meet usage requirements if a single loop control is employed. Moreover, a naval steam propulsion plant features a high frequency of load changes and a wide range of such changes, resulting in a control system, the implementation of which demands sophisticated technical skills. In light of the above the authors present the composition and functions of a centralized control and monitoring system for a naval steam propulsion plant along with some innovative approaches of that system.