Affiliation:
1. Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, Greenville, SC, USA
Abstract
An increasing number of control actuators are being added to internal combustion engines to reduce fuel consumption and meet with emission standards. This research utilizes Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) to manage a spark ignition engine equipped with a turbocharger, low pressure Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), and Variable Valve Timing (VVT). This paper focuses on discussing the experimental setup and validation of the proposed NMPC strategy, while an overview of the control-oriented engine model and NMPC formulation is provided. The proposed NMPC-based engine control was implemented into a rapid prototype control system and successfully deployed during dynamometer tests. With a minimum amount of calibration effort, the NMPC exhibits sophisticated transient actuator control, which would otherwise require many calibration maps to achieve. A detailed discussion of these transient maneuvers is provided and reveals that these control actions indeed optimize the control objective function without violation of combustion and hardware capacity constraints.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering
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