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5.2.2 Application of product lines in industrial gas turbine control systems
Author(s) -
Jacques JeanRoch
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2014.tb03159.x
Subject(s) - reuse , architecture , gas turbines , product (mathematics) , reliability (semiconductor) , systems engineering , key (lock) , control (management) , computer science , partition (number theory) , interface (matter) , reliability engineering , embedded system , manufacturing engineering , engineering , operating system , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , art , bubble , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , maximum bubble pressure method , visual arts , waste management , physics , geometry , mathematics
Sensors and actuators are key components of industrial Gas Turbines (GTs). Their requirements include stringent safety and reliability targets. In order to improve functional interface between the GT and the Package, new control system architecture is proposed. This new architecture aims to partition the controls hardware according to its functionality as opposed to its physical location. Hence, a product line approach has been employed to provide similar architectures across Energy products (Industrial RB211‐G(T), Trent, and RB211‐H) and to reuse controls hardware components. A key challenge is to address Third Party Package (TPP) and Rolls‐Royce package with common architecture. In the Energy business, New Product Introduction (NPI) projects are under significant time and budget pressures. This reality increases the risk of misunderstood requirements due to project stages running in parallel. The product line approach mitigates this risk by reusing GT Control Systems across projects while reducing development time and costs.