This book will sell because of the wide variety of control techniques it explores, many of which are applicable outside the marine industry to which it appeals primarily.

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Nik. Xiros is a JL Goldman endowed Professor and Chair of the Bollinger School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering as well as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Orleans. His career spans more than 25 years in industry and academia. His research and teaching activities encompass marine and ocean engineering process modeling and simulation, system identification, dynamics and control, reliability, signal and data analysis with emphasis on propulsion, power, energy and renewables as well as mechatronics, electromechanical and autonomous systems. His education includes an Electrical & Computer Engineering Dipl. Eng. degree (MEng. equiv.), a MSc in Mathematics, a MSc in Applied Physics and a Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Dr. Eng. degree.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 1.1 The Marine Diesel Propulsion System.- 1.2 Contribution of this Work.- 2 Marine Engine Thermodynamies.- 2.1 Physical Engine Modelling.- 2.2 Turbocharged Engine Model Variables.- 2.3 Turbocharged Engine Dynamical Equations.- 2.4 Turbocharged Engine Algebraic Equations.- 2.5 Cycle-mean Model Summary and Solution Procedure.- 2.6 Summary.- 3 Marine Plant Empirical Transfer Function.- 3.1 Black-box Engine Modelling.- 3.2 Shafting System Dynamical Analysis.- 3.3 The Plant Transfer Function.- 3.4 Summary.- 4 Robust PID Control of the Marine Plant.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Application Aspects of Marine Engine Goveming.- 4.3 PID H-infinity Loop Shaping.- 4.4 PI and PID H-infinity Regulation of Shaft RPM.- 4.5 D-term Implementation Using Shaft Torque Feedback.- 4.6 Summary.- 5 State-space Description of the Marine Plant.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 The Neural Torque Approximators.- 5.3 State Equations of the Marine Plant.- 5.4 State-space Decomposition and Uncertainty.- 5.5 Transfer Function Matrix of the Marine Plant.- 5.6 Summary.- 6 Marine Plant Robust State-feedback Control.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Supervisory Setpoint Control of the Marine Plant.- 6.3 Full-state-feedback Control of the Marine Plant.- 6.4 State-feedback and Integral Control of the Marine Plant.- 6.5 Summary.- 7 Closure.- 7.1 Conclusions and Discussion.- 7.2 Subjects for Future Investigations and Research.- Appendix A Non-linear Aigebraic Systems of Equations.- Appendix B Second-order Transfer Function with Zero.- References.