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Controlling Combustion Phasing of Recompression HCCI with a Switching Controller

Liao, Hsien-Hsin ; Ravi, Nikhil ; Jungkunz, Adam ; Widd, Anders LU and Gerdes, J. Christian (2010) Sixth IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control
Abstract
Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) is more efficient and produces significantly less NOx emissions compared to spark ignitions. Using an exhaust recompression strategy to achieve HCCI, however, produces cycle-to-cycle coupling which makes the problem of controlling combustion phasing more difficult. In the past, a linear feedback controller designed with a single linearized model is effective in controlling combustion phasing around an operating point. However, HCCI dynamics can change dramatically around different operating points such that a single linearization is insufficient to approximate the entire operating range. Further investigation shows that the operating range can be roughly divided into three regions where a... (More)
Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) is more efficient and produces significantly less NOx emissions compared to spark ignitions. Using an exhaust recompression strategy to achieve HCCI, however, produces cycle-to-cycle coupling which makes the problem of controlling combustion phasing more difficult. In the past, a linear feedback controller designed with a single linearized model is effective in controlling combustion phasing around an operating point. However, HCCI dynamics can change dramatically around different operating points such that a single linearization is insufficient to approximate the entire operating range. Further investigation shows that the operating range can be roughly divided into three regions where a linear model can capture the qualitative system behavior in each of the regions. As a result, a three zone switching linear model approximates recompression HCCI dynamics far better than a single linearization. This new model structure also suggests that two of the three regions need completely opposite control actions. Therefore, the approach of using a static feedback control based on a single linearziation cannot be appropriate over the entire operating range. We propose a switching controller based on the switching linear model and achieve very good performance in controlling HCCI combustion phasing throughout the entire operating region. Lastly, a semi-definite programming (SDP) formulation of finding a Lyapunov function for the switching linear model is presented in order to guarantee stability of the switching control scheme. (Less)
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  author       = {{Liao, Hsien-Hsin and Ravi, Nikhil and Jungkunz, Adam and Widd, Anders and Gerdes, J. Christian}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Controlling Combustion Phasing of Recompression HCCI with a Switching Controller}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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