DocumentCode
3040112
Title
Cylinder balancing of direct injection engines
Author
van Nieuwstadt, M.J. ; Kolmanovsky, I.
Author_Institution
Ford Res. Lab., Dearborn, MI, USA
Volume
1
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
202
Abstract
This paper presents and compares different algorithms for cylinder balancing of a high speed direct injection engine. Cylinder imbalance can be caused by a multitude of factors, among which injector variability and imprecisions feature most prominently. Cylinder imbalance has a profound effect on the engine operation. Hence, many different sensed signals can be used as indicators. We discuss different algorithms and present simulation results on a cylinder-by-cylinder diesel direct injection engine model
Keywords
adaptive control; combustion; internal combustion engines; two-term control; PI controllers; adaptive control; combustion; crankshaft; cylinder balancing; diesel engine model; direct injection engines; injector variability; Combustion; Delay; Diesel engines; Engine cylinders; Fuels; Geometry; Petroleum; Solid modeling; Torque; Valves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
American Control Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
0743-1619
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4990-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACC.1999.782769
Filename
782769
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