Development of a Model-Based Coordinated Air-Fuel Controller for a 3.0 dm 3 Diesel Engine and Its Assessment through Model-in-the-Loop

Loris Ventura, Roberto Finesso () and Stefano A. Malan
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Loris Ventura: Energy Department, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Roberto Finesso: Energy Department, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Stefano A. Malan: Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-23

Abstract: The tightening of diesel pollutant emission regulations has made Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) management through steady-state maps obsolete. To overcome the map’s scarce performance and efficiently manage the engine, control systems must cope with ICE transient operations, the coupling between its subsystem dynamics, and the tradeoff between different requirements. The work demonstrates the effectiveness of a reference generator that coordinates the air path and combustion control systems of a turbocharged heavy-duty diesel engine. The control system coordinator is based on neural networks and allows for following different engine-out Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) targets while satisfying the load request. The air path control system provides the global conditions for the correct functioning of the engine, targeting O 2 concentration and pressure in the intake manifold. Through cooperation, the combustion control targets Brake Mean Effective Pressure (BMEP) and NOx to react to rapid changes in the engine operating state and compensates for the remaining deviations with respect to load and NOx targets. The reference generator and the two controller algorithms are suitable for real-time implementation on rapid-prototyping hardware. The performance overall was good, allowing the engine to follow different NOx targets with 150 ppm of deviation and to achieve an average BMEP error of 0.3 bar.

Keywords: diesel engine; machine learning engine management; neural network models; control system coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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