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Control of the Low-Load Region in Partially Premixed Combustion

Ingesson, Gabriel LU ; Yin, Lianhao LU ; Johansson, Rolf LU orcid and Tunestål, Per LU (2016) Movic & Rasd 2016 744.
Abstract
Partially premixed combustion (PPC) is a low temperature, direct-injection combustion concept that has shown to give promising emission levels and efficiencies over a wide operating range. In this concept, high EGR ratios, high octane-number fuels and early injection timings are used to slow down the auto-ignition reactions and to enhance the fuel and are mixing before the start of combustion. A drawback with this concept is the combustion stability in the low-load region where a high octane-number fuel might cause misfire and low combustion efficiency. This paper investigates the problem of low-load PPC controller design for increased engine efficiency. First, low-load PPC data, obtained from a multi-cylinder heavy- duty engine is... (More)
Partially premixed combustion (PPC) is a low temperature, direct-injection combustion concept that has shown to give promising emission levels and efficiencies over a wide operating range. In this concept, high EGR ratios, high octane-number fuels and early injection timings are used to slow down the auto-ignition reactions and to enhance the fuel and are mixing before the start of combustion. A drawback with this concept is the combustion stability in the low-load region where a high octane-number fuel might cause misfire and low combustion efficiency. This paper investigates the problem of low-load PPC controller design for increased engine efficiency. First, low-load PPC data, obtained from a multi-cylinder heavy- duty engine is presented. The data shows that combustion efficiency could be increased by using a pilot injection and that there is a non-linearity in the relation between injection and combustion timing. Furthermore, intake conditions should be set in order to avoid operating points with unfavourable global equivalence ratio and in-cylinder temperature combinations. Model predictive control simulations were used together with a calibrated engine model to find a gas-system controller that fulfilled this task. The findings are then summarized in a suggested engine controller design. Finally, an experimental performance evaluation of the suggested controller is presented. (Less)
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Journal of Physics: Conference Series : proceedings of 13th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MOVIC 2016) - proceedings of 13th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MOVIC 2016)
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744
article number
012106
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1
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15 pages
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IOP Publishing
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Movic & Rasd 2016
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Southampton, United Kingdom
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2016-07-03 - 2016-07-06
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10.1088/1742-6596/744/1/012106
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Competence Centre for Combustion Processes
KCFP, Closed-Loop Combustion Control
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English
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  abstract     = {{Partially premixed combustion (PPC) is a low temperature, direct-injection combustion concept that has shown to give promising emission levels and efficiencies over a wide operating range. In this concept, high EGR ratios, high octane-number fuels and early injection timings are used to slow down the auto-ignition reactions and to enhance the fuel and are mixing before the start of combustion. A drawback with this concept is the combustion stability in the low-load region where a high octane-number fuel might cause misfire and low combustion efficiency. This paper investigates the problem of low-load PPC controller design for increased engine efficiency. First, low-load PPC data, obtained from a multi-cylinder heavy- duty engine is presented. The data shows that combustion efficiency could be increased by using a pilot injection and that there is a non-linearity in the relation between injection and combustion timing. Furthermore, intake conditions should be set in order to avoid operating points with unfavourable global equivalence ratio and in-cylinder temperature combinations. Model predictive control simulations were used together with a calibrated engine model to find a gas-system controller that fulfilled this task. The findings are then summarized in a suggested engine controller design. Finally, an experimental performance evaluation of the suggested controller is presented.}},
  author       = {{Ingesson, Gabriel and Yin, Lianhao and Johansson, Rolf and Tunestål, Per}},
  booktitle    = {{Journal of Physics: Conference Series : proceedings of 13th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MOVIC 2016)}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{10}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  title        = {{Control of the Low-Load Region in Partially Premixed Combustion}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/744/1/012106}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/1742-6596/744/1/012106}},
  volume       = {{744}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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