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Literature showed quite clearly that the efficiency of Air to Fuel Ratio (AFR) control for Spark Ignition (SI) Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) strongly depends on its capacity to deal with the fuel-flow phenomena inside intake manifolds. Moreover, engine performances (such as power output, specific fuel consumption, and exhaust gas emissions) are directly related to the efficiency of the combustion process, which, on its turn, can be affected substantially by the air/fuel ratio variations related to the fuel-film dynamics. In this work a comprehensive model-based air/fuel ratio control technique is proposed: this is based on a dynamical model of the air dynamics inside inlet manifolds and on the online identification of the fuel-film parameters. Here the identification procedure is illustrated in detail and validated basing on experimental data regarding a single-cylinder engine.