Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University ›› 2025, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (9): 1225-1236.doi: 10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2023.473

• New Type Power System and the Integrated Energy •     Next Articles

Mode Transition Control of Parallel Gas-Electric Hybrid Power System with Uncertain Delay

FU Shenglai1,2, CHEN Li1,2(), CHEN Ziqiang1,2   

  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Intelligent Equipment and System of the Ministry of Education; State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2023-09-18 Revised:2023-11-20 Accepted:2024-01-05 Online:2025-09-28 Published:2025-09-25

Abstract:

Parallel gas-electric hybrid systems have broad application prospects in low-carbon ships due to their few emissions and dynamic performance. However, uncertain delays in multiple actuators during mode transition can cause violent fluctuations in the shaft speed along the power drive. In this paper, a cascaded internal mode control (IMC) consisting of filters with explicit nominal delay is proposed to improve speed tracking performance and eliminate the effect of delay. A dynamic model of the marine driveline is developed, and the cascade IMC is designed based on the driveline mechanism with the clutch serving as the separating component. The cascade IMC consists of an anti-saturation compensator, a two-stage tracking controller, and a two-stage anti-interference controller. Finally, the small-gain theorem is derived to ensure robust stability conditions, taking the upper bound of the uncertain delays into consideration. The results of simulation and dynamometer test show that the cascaded IMC has excellent robustness in handling uncertain delays, significantly reduces shaft jerk, and ensures smooth mode transition.

Key words: gas-electric hybrid power system, mode transition control, uncertain delay, cascaded internal mode control (IMC), robustness

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