Cycle-to-Cycle Multipulse Fuel-Injection Control for Advanced Diesel Combustion in Changing and Disturbed Operating Points

Xi Luo (Corresponding author), Martin Großbichler, Harald Waschl, M.C.F. Donkers, Bram de Jager, Frank Willems

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Abstract

When controlled in an open-loop fashion, both stationary and dynamical diesel engine performance can deteriorate due to disturbances. Although cycle-to-cycle fuel injection control has the potential of reducing the performance degradation by manipulating the fueling profile in real time, this potential has not been thoroughly studied. This is especially true for multipulse fuel injection, due to the lack of a controller design method with closed-loop reference tracking performance guarantees. In this paper, we introduce a systematic design method for multivariable cycle-to-cycle fuel injection control. The design method is based on several local linearizations to address varying combustion behavior due to different engine speeds, torques, and disturbances. This leads to a controller that is robust with respect to all the local linearizations. Experimental results show that the controller works well in both stationary and dynamical operating conditions, and has fast dynamical performance (settling time less than 1.5 (s)). Moreover, experimental data show that cycle-to-cycle fuel injection control is robust against the uncertainties introduced by disturbed rail pressure and swirl valve position.

Original languageEnglish
Article number011003
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control : Transactions of the ASME
Volume143
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021

Funding

This work is part of the research program “Heat2Control: In-cycle control for low CO2 combustion concepts” with project number 12678, which is partly financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The authors would like to thank Philipp Polterauer and Richard Furhapter from JKU Linz for their help during the experiments. • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (Grant No. 12678).

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