Modeling and Control of Diesel Engines Equipped with a Two-Stage Turbo-System 2008-01-1018
The two-stage turbocharging technique is an effective way to improve performance and reduce emissions in diesel engines. In this paper, we consider a diesel engine equipped with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve and two turbochargers in series. The low pressure turbine is of fixed geometry and the high pressure turbine is a variable geometry turbine (VGT). The control objective is to regulate air-to-fuel (AFR), EGR exhaust fraction and the power ratio of the two turbines by coordinated manipulation of the EGR and VGT actuators. Unlike engines with a single turbocharger, in two-staged turbocharged engines, regulation of the power ratio of the turbines is also needed in order to adequately define the equilibrium point of the engine airpath.
First, a mean value engine model (MVEM) is proposed to physically describe the air path dynamics. With rich excitation of the controls in the MVEM, we identify several linear models for different areas of the engine speed-torque envelope. Local Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) controllers are designed, with each of them enabled within a specific operating area.
Citation: Plianos, A. and Stobart, R., "Modeling and Control of Diesel Engines Equipped with a Two-Stage Turbo-System," SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-1018, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-1018. Download Citation
Author(s):
Alexandros Plianos, Richard Stobart
Affiliated:
Loughborough University, UK
Pages: 12
Event:
SAE World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Electronic Engine Controls, 2008-SP-2159
Related Topics:
Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)
Diesel / compression ignition engines
Turbochargers
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