Optimization of the transient Diesel engine operation

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Abstract

Transient emission peaks have become an important fraction of the total emissions during the standardized test cycles for passenger car Diesel engines. This paper is concerned with their reduction, in particular for nitric oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) emissions, by online optimization. It is based on a former work [1] in which alternative target quantities for engine control were proposed, namely in-cylinder oxygen concentrations before (O2,BC) and after combustion (O2,AC). A generic nonlinear optimization is applied to provide a systematic etermination for the optimal trajectories of these oxygen target quantities during a transient torque maneuver. The proposed method was implemented on a dynamic engine test bed using a production passenger car Diesel engine for the objective function evaluation. Torque response could be maintained unchanged while NOx as well as PM emission peaks were reduced significantly.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceeding of the 9th International Conference on Engines and Vehicles
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Fields of science

  • 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
  • 202027 Mechatronics
  • 202034 Control engineering
  • 203027 Internal combustion engines
  • 206001 Biomedical engineering
  • 206002 Electro-medical engineering
  • 207109 Pollutant emission

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