In this thesis, exergy based SI engine model optimisation (EBSIEMO) is studied and evaluated. A four-stroke bi-fuel spark ignition (SI) engine is modelled for optimisation of engine performance based upon exergy analysis. An artificial neural network (ANN) is used as an emulator to speed up the optimisation processes. Constrained particle swarm optimisation (CPSO) is employed to identify parameters such as equivalence ratio and ignition time for optimising of the engine performance, based upon maximising ¿total availability¿. In the optimisation process, the engine exhaust gases standard emission were applied including brake specific CO (BSCO) and brake specific NOx (BSNOx) as the constraints. The engine model is developed in a two-zone model, while considering the chemical synthesis of fuel, including 10 chemical species. A computer code is developed in MATLAB software to solve the equations for the prediction of temperature and pressure of the mixture in each stage (compression stroke, combustion process and expansion stroke). In addition, Intake and exhaust processes are calculated using an approximation method. This model has the ability to simulate turbulent combustion and compared to computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models it is computationally faster and efficient. The selective outputs are cylinder temperature and pressure, heat transfer, brake work, brake thermal and volumetric efficiency, brake torque, brake power (BP), brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), brake mean effective pressure (BMEP), concentration of CO2, brake specific CO (BSCO) and brake specific NOx (BSNOx). In this model, the effect of engine speed, equivalence ratio and ignition time on performance parameters using gasoline and CNG fuels are analysed. In addition, the model is validated by experimental data using the results obtained from bi-fuel engine tests. Therefore, this engine model was capable to predict, analyse and useful for optimisation of the engine performance parameters. The exergy based four-stroke bi-fuel (CNG and gasoline) spark ignition (SI) engine model (EBSIEM) here is used for analysis of bi-fuel SI engines. Since, the first law of thermodynamic (the FLT), alone is not able to afford an appropriate comprehension into engine operations. Therefore, this thesis concentrates on the SI engine operation investigation using the developed engine model by the second law of thermodynamic (the SLT) or exergy analysis outlook (exergy based SI engine model (EBSIEM)) In this thesis, an efficient approach is presented for the prediction of total availability, brake specific CO (BSCO), brake specific NOx (BSNOx) and brake torque for bi-fuel engine (CNG and gasoline) using an artificial neural network (ANN) model based on exergy based SI engine (EBSIEM) (ANN-EBSIEM) as an emulator to speed up the optimisation processes. In the other words, the use of a well trained an ANN is ordinarily much faster than mathematical models or conventional simulation programs for prediction. The constrained particle swarm optimisation (CPSO)-EBSIEM (EBSIEMO) was capable of optimising the model parameters for the engine performance. The optimisation results based upon availability analysis (the SLT) due to analysing availability terms, specifically availability destruction (that measured engine irreversibilties) are more regarded with higher priority compared to the FLT analysis. In this thesis, exergy based SI engine model optimisation (EBSIEMO) is studied and evaluated. A four-stroke bi-fuel spark ignition (SI) engine is modelled for optimisation of engine performance based upon exergy analysis. An artificial neural network (ANN) is used as an emulator to speed up the optimisation processes. Constrained particle swarm optimisation (CPSO) is employed to identify parameters such as equivalence ratio and ignition time for optimising of the engine performance, based upon maximising ¿total availability¿. In the optimisation process, the engine exhaust gases standard emission were applied including brake specific CO (BSCO) and brake specific NOx (BSNOx) as the constraints. The engine model is developed in a two-zone model, while considering the chemical synthesis of fuel, including 10 chemical species. A computer code is developed in MATLAB software to solve the equations for the prediction of temperature and pressure of the mixture in each stage (compression stroke, combustion process and expansion stroke). In addition, Intake and exhaust processes are calculated using an approximation method. This model has the ability to simulate turbulent combustion and compared to computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models it is computationally faster and efficient. The selective outputs are cylinder temperature and pressure, heat transfer, brake work, brake thermal and volumetric efficiency, brake torque, brake power (BP), brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), brake mean effective pressure (BMEP), concentration of CO2, brake specific CO (BSCO) and brake specific NOx (BSNOx). In this model, the effect of engine speed, equivalence ratio and ignition time on performance parameters using gasoline and CNG fuels are analysed. In addition, the model is validated by experimental data using the results obtained from bi-fuel engine tests. Therefore, this engine model was capable to predict, analyse and useful for optimisation of the engine performance parameters. The exergy based four-stroke bi-fuel (CNG and gasoline) spark ignition (SI) engine model (EBSIEM) here is used for analysis of bi-fuel SI engines. Since, the first law of thermodynamic (the FLT), alone is not able to afford an appropriate comprehension into engine operations. Therefore, this thesis concentrates on the SI engine operation investigation using the developed engine model by the second law of thermodynamic (the SLT) or exergy analysis outlook (exergy based SI engine model (EBSIEM)) In this thesis, an efficient approach is presented for the prediction of total availability, brake specific CO (BSCO), brake specific NOx (BSNOx) and brake torque for bi-fuel engine (CNG and gasoline) using an artificial neural network (ANN) model based on exergy based SI engine (EBSIEM) (ANN-EBSIEM) as an emulator to speed up the optimisation processes. In the other words, the use of a well trained an ANN is ordinarily much faster than mathematical models or conventional simulation programs for prediction. The constrained particle swarm optimisation (CPSO)-EBSIEM (EBSIEMO) was capable of optimising the model parameters for the engine performance. The optimisation results based upon availability analysis (the SLT) due to analysing availability terms, specifically availability destruction (that measured engine irreversibilties) are more regarded with higher priority compared to the FLT analysis.

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In-cylinder thermal barrier materials have been thoroughly investigated for their potential improvements in thermal efficiency in reciprocating internal combustion engines. These materials show improvements both directly in indicated work and indirectly through reduced demand on the cooling system. Many experimental and analytical sources have shown reductions in heat losses to the combustion chamber walls, but converting the additional thermal energy to indicated work has proven more difficult. Gains in indicated work over the expansion stroke could be made, but these were negated by increased compression work and reduced volumetric efficiency due to charge heating. Typically, the only improvements in brake work would come from the pumping loop in turbocharged engines, or from additional exhaust energy extraction through turbine-compounding devices. The concept of inter-cycle wall-temperature-swing holds promise to reap the benefits of insulation during combustion and expansion, while not suffering the penalties incurred with hotter walls during intake and compression. The combination of low volumetric heat capacity and low thermal conductivity would allow the combustion chamber surface temperature to quickly respond to the gas temperature throughout combustion. Surface temperatures are capable of rising in response to the spike in heat flux, thereby minimizing the temperature difference between the gas and wall early in the expansion stroke when the greatest conversion of thermal energy to mechanical work is possible. The combination of low heat capacity and thermal conductivity is essential in allowing this temperature increase during combustion, and in enabling the surface to cool during expansion and exhaust to avoid harmfully affecting engine volumetric efficiency during the intake stroke and minimizing compression work performed on the next stroke. In this thesis, thermal and thermodynamic models are constructed in an attempt to predict the effects of material properties in the walls, and to characterize the effects of heat transfer at different portions of the cycle on indicated work, volumetric efficiency, exhaust energy and gas temperatures of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The expected impact on combustion knock in spark-ignited engines was also considered, as this combustion mode was the basis for the experimental engine testing performed. Conventional insulating materials were evaluated to benchmark the current state-of-the-art, and to gain experience in the analysis of materials with temperature-swing capability. Unfortunately, the effects of permeable porosity within the conventional coating on heat losses, fuel absorption and compression ratio tended to mask the effects of temperature swing. The individual impact of each of these loss mechanisms on engine performance was analyzed, and the experience helped to further refine the necessary traits of a successful temperature-swing material Finally, from the learnings of this analysis phase, a novel material was created and applied to the piston surface, intake valve faces, and exhaust valve faces. Engine data was taken with these coated components and compared to an un-coated baseline. While some of the test pieces physically survived the testing, analysis of the data suggests that they were not fully sealed and suffered from the same permeability losses that affected the conventional insulation. Further development is necessary to arrive at a robust, effective solution for minimizing heat transfer through wall temperature swing in reciprocating internal combustion engines. The success of temperature-swing thermal barrier materials requires very low thermal conductivity, heat capacity, and appropriate insulation thickness, as well as resilient sealing of any porous volume within the coating to avoid additional heat and fuel energy losses throughout the cycle. / Los materiales aislantes han sido investigados a fondo por sus posibles mejoras en la eficiencia térmica de los motores de combustión interna alternativos. Estas mejoras se ven reflejadas tanto directamente en el trabajo indicado como indirectamente a través de la reducción del sistema de refrigeración del propio motor. Diferentes estudios, tanto experimentales como analíticos, han mostrado la reducción en la transferencia de calor a través de las paredes de la cámara de combustión mediante la utilización de estos materiales. Sin embargo, demostrar la conversión de la energía térmica adicional en trabajo indicado ha resultado más difícil. En ciertos estudios se pudieron obtener mejoras en el trabajo indicado durante la carrera de expansión, pero éstas fueron reducidas debido a un menor rendimiento volumétrico debido al calentamiento de la carga durante el proceso de admisión y un mayor trabajo en la carrera de compresión. Típicamente, las únicas mejoras en el trabajo al freno provendrían de la reducción de pérdidas por bombeo en los motores turboalimentados, o de la extracción de la energía adicional de los gases de escape a través de turbinas. El concepto de los materiales con oscilación de la temperatura durante el ciclo motor intenta aprovechar los beneficios del aislamiento durante los procesos de combustión y expansión, mitigando las perdidas por el incremento de la temperatura de las paredes durante la admisión y la compresión. La combinación de baja capacidad calorífica y baja conductividad térmica permitiría que la temperatura de la superficie de la cámara de combustión respondiera rápidamente a la temperatura del gas durante el proceso de combustión. Las temperaturas de la superficie son capaces de aumentar en respuesta al pico de flujo de calor, minimizando así la diferencia de temperatura entre el gas y la pared en la carrera de expansión cuando es posible la mayor conversión de energía térmica en trabajo mecánico. La combinación de baja capacidad calorífica y conductividad térmica es también esencial para permitir este aumento de temperatura durante la combustión y para permitir que la superficie se enfríe durante la expansión y el escape para no perjudicar así el rendimiento volumétrico del motor durante la carrera de admisión y minimizar el trabajo de compresión realizado en el siguiente ciclo. En esta tesis se han desarrollado modelos térmicos y termodinámicos para predecir los efectos de las propiedades de los materiales en las paredes y caracterizar los efectos de la transferencia de calor en diferentes partes del ciclo sobre el trabajo indicado, el rendimiento volumétrico, la energía en los gases de escape y las temperaturas del gas para un motor de combustión interna alternativo. También se ha evaluado el impacto del uso de estos materiales en el knock en motores de combustión de encendido provocado, ya que los estudios experimentales de esta tesis se realizaron en un motor de estas características. Durante la investigación se evaluaron materiales aislantes convencionales para comprender el estado actual de esta técnica y para adquirir también experiencia en el análisis de materiales aislantes con oscilación de temperatura. Desafortunadamente, los efectos de la permeabilidad a través de la porosidad del material en los recubrimientos convencionales, la absorción de combustible y la relación de compresión tendieron a ocultar los efectos de la oscilación de la temperatura y la reducción de la transferencia de calor a través de las paredes. Así pues, se analizó el impacto individual de cada uno de estos mecanismos y su influencia en el rendimiento del motor para así definir un nuevo material con las características necesarias que mejorasen el aislante con de oscilación de temperatura. Finalmente, a partir de los estudios de esta fase de análisis, se creó un nuevo material y se aplicó a la superficie del pistón y a la supe / Els materials aïllants han estat investigats a fons per les seves possibles millores en l'eficiència tèrmica en el motors de combustió interna alternatius. Aquestes millores es veuen reflectides tant directament en el treball indicat com indirectament a través de la reducció del sistema de refrigeració del propi motor. Diferents estudis, tant experimentals com analítics, han mostrat la reducció en la transferència de calor a través de les parets de la cambra de combustió mitjançant la utilització d'aquests materials. No obstant això, demostrar la conversió de l'energia tèrmica addicional en treball indicat ha resultat més difícil. En certs estudis es van poder obtenir millores en el treball indicat durant la carrera d'expansió, però aquestes van ser reduïdes a causa d'un menor rendiment volumètric causat de l'escalfament de la càrrega durant el procés d'admissió i un major treball en la carrera de compressió. Típicament, les úniques millores en el treball al fre provindrien de la reducció de pèrdues per bombeig en els motors turbo alimentats, o de l'extracció addicional de l'energia dels gasos d'escapament a través de turbines. El concepte dels materials amb oscil·lació de la temperatura durant el cicle motor intenta aprofitar els beneficis de l'aïllament durant els processos de combustió i expansió, mitigant les perdudes per l'increment de la temperatura de les parets durant l'admissió i la compressió. La combinació de baixa capacitat calorífica i baixa conductivitat tèrmica permetria que la temperatura de la superfície de la cambra de combustió respongués ràpidament a la temperatura del gas durant el procés de combustió. Les temperatures de la superfície són capaços d'augmentar en resposta al flux de calor, minimitzant així la diferència de temperatura entre el gas i la paret en la carrera d'expansió quan és possible la major conversió d'energia tèrmica en treball mecànic. La combinació de baixa capacitat calorífica i conductivitat tèrmica és també essencial per permetre aquest augment de temperatura durant la combustió i el refredament de la superfície durant l'expansió i l'escapament per no perjudicar així el rendiment volumètric del motor durant la carrera d'admissió i minimitzar el treball de compressió realitzat en el següent cicle. En aquesta tesi s'han desenvolupat models tèrmics i termodinàmics per predir els efectes de les propietats dels materials en les parets i caracteritzar els efectes de la transferència de calor en diferents parts del cicle sobre el treball indicat, el rendiment volumètric, l'energia en els gasos d'escapament i les temperatures del gas per un motor de combustió interna alternatiu. També s'ha avaluat l'impacte d'aquests materials en el knock en motors de combustió d'encesa provocada, ja que les proves experimentals d'aquesta tesi es van realitzar en un motor d'aquestes característiques. Durant la investigació es van avaluar materials aïllants convencionals per comprendre l'estat actual d'aquesta tècnica i per adquirir també experiència en l'anàlisi de materials aïllants amb oscil·lació de temperatura. Desafortunadament, els efectes de la permeabilitat a través de la porositat del material en el recobriment convencional, l'absorció de combustible i la relació de compressió van tendir a ocultar els efectes de l'oscil·lació de la temperatura i la reducció de la transferència de calor a través de les parets. Així doncs, es va analitzar l'impacte individual de cada un d'aquests mecanismes i la seva influència en el rendiment del motor per així definir un nou material amb les característiques necessàries que milloressin el aïllant d'oscil·lació de temperatura. Finalment, a partir dels estudis d'aquesta fase d'anàlisi, es va crear un nou material i es va aplicar a la superfície del pistó i a la superfície interna de les vàlvules d'admissió i d'escapament. Les dades de motor es van prendre a / Andruskiewicz, PP. (2017). ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE-SWING INSULATION ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/90467

[ES] El transporte por carretera es uno de los sectores que más contribuyen al cambio climático. Por ello, muchos gobernantes a nivel mundial están promoviendo una transición hacia medios de transporte sostenibles que no dependan de combustibles fósiles. Sin embargo, debido a la falta de competitividad de las alternativas actuales, no parece factible, en el corto plazo, reducir significativamente el uso de los motores de combustión. Así pues, es probable que los motores de gasolina (MEP) mantengan su papel dominante en el sector automotriz durante los próximos años. De ahí que sea crucial seguir mejorando estos motores a fin de reducir su huella de carbono. Actualmente, es habitual fabricar motores MEP de pequeña cilindrada ("downsizing") con sistemas de sobrealimentación e inyección directa, a fin de reducir el consumo de combustible y las emisiones de CO2. Además, en la última década, se ha demostrado que la recirculación de gases de escape (EGR) puede mejorar la eficiencia de los motores MEP entre un 3 % y un 6 %, dependiendo del grado de carga. Como desventaja, para poder extraer todo el potencial de la estrategia EGR, es necesario trabajar con altas tasas de EGR, lo que puede causar ciertos problemas en condiciones transitorias. En esta tesis, se ha demostrado que el uso de altas tasas de EGR a través de sistemas de baja presión en motores MEP turboalimentados puede ralentizar la respuesta del motor y provocar fallos de encendido durante maniobras de aceleración y desaceleración, respectivamente. Con la entrada en vigor de nuevos procedimientos de homologación de vehículos, como el WLTP (Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle Test Procedure), donde las operaciones transitorias tienen un peso importante, los fabricantes buscan que sus motores consuman y emitan menos en un amplio rango de condiciones de operación, tanto estacionarias como transitorias. Por ello, el objetivo principal de esta tesis es analizar y optimizar el funcionamiento, en condiciones transitorias, de los motores MEP que operan con altas tasas de EGR. Para ello, se ha empleado un motor de gasolina (Euro 6) de 1.3l turboalimentado con inyección directa, distribución variable y turbina de geometría variable. Se ha desarrollado un modelo unidimensional (1D) del motor para el estudio de la fluidodinámica y los fenómenos de transporte en su interior. Por otro lado, se ha ensayado el motor para calibrar el modelo 1D y evaluar aspectos difícilmente predecibles con dicho modelo, como las emisiones contaminantes y la estabilidad de la combustión. Previo al estudio en condiciones transitorias, el motor fue calibrado con EGR, y se realizaron simulaciones para determinar el consumo de un vehículo convencional y otro híbrido, ambos con EGR, durante un ciclo WLTP. Finalmente, se concluyó que ciertas estrategias orientadas a mejorar el proceso de renovación de la carga pueden resolver la problemática del uso del EGR en condiciones transitorias. Eso sí, implementar dichas estrategias conllevaría un aumento en complejidad y costes. / [CA] El transport per carretera és un dels sectors que més contribueixen al canvi climàtic. Per això, molts governants a nivell mundial estan promovent una transició cap a mitjans de transport sostenibles que no depenguen de combustibles fòssils. No obstant això, a causa de la falta de competitivitat de les alternatives actuals, no sembla factible, en el curt termini, reduir significativament l'ús dels motors de combustió. Així doncs, és probable que els motors de gasolina (MEP) mantinguen el seu paper dominant en el sector automotriu durant els pròxims anys. D'ací ve que siga crucial continuar millorant aquests motors a fi de reduir la seua petjada de carboni. Actualment, és habitual fabricar motors MEP de xicoteta cilindrada ("downsizing") amb sistemes de sobrealimentació i injecció directa, a fi de reduir el consum de combustible i les emissions de CO2. A més, en l'última dècada, s'ha demostrat que la recirculació de gasos d'escapament (EGR) pot millorar l'eficiència dels motors MEP entre un 3% i un 6%, depenent del grau de càrrega. Com a desavantatge, per a poder extraure tot el potencial de l'estratègia EGR, és necessari treballar amb altes taxes de EGR, la qual cosa pot causar uns certs problemes en condicions transitòries. En aquesta tesi, s'ha demostrat que l'ús d'altes taxes de EGR a través de sistemes de baixa pressió en motors MEP turboalimentats pot alentir la resposta del motor i provocar fallades d'encesa durant maniobres d'acceleració i desacceleració, respectivament. Amb l'entrada en vigor de nous procediments d'homologació de vehicles, com el WLTP (Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle Test Procedure), on les operacions transitòries tenen un pes important, els fabricants busquen que els seus motors consumisquen i emeten menys en un ampli rang de condicions d'operació, tant estacionàries com transitòries. Per això, l'objectiu principal d'aquesta tesi és analitzar i optimitzar el funcionament, en condicions transitòries, dels motors MEP que operen amb altes taxes de EGR. Per a això, s'ha emprat un motor de gasolina (Euro 6) de 1.3l turboalimentat amb injecció directa, distribució variable i turbina de geometria variable. S'ha desenvolupat un model unidimensional (1D) del motor per a l'estudi de la fluidodinàmica i els fenòmens de transport en el seu interior. D'altra banda, s'ha assajat el motor per a calibrar el model 1D i avaluar aspectes difícilment predictibles amb aquest model, com les emissions contaminants i l'estabilitat de la combustió. Previ a l'estudi en condicions transitòries, el motor va ser calibrat amb EGR, i es van realitzar simulacions per a determinar el consum d'un vehicle convencional i un altre híbrid, tots dos amb EGR, durant un cicle WLTP. Finalment, es va concloure que unes certes estratègies orientades a millorar el procés de renovació de la càrrega poden resoldre la problemàtica de l'ús del EGR en condicions transitòries. Això sí, implementar aquestes estratègies comportaria un augment en complexitat i costos. / [EN] Road transport is a major contributor to climate change. However, given the lack of competitiveness of fossil fuel-free alternatives, it does not seem possible to reduce the dependence on the internal combustion engine (ICE) as rapidly as planned by the authorities. Advanced gasoline engines will therefore hold a high market share in the automobile industry in the following years, at least during the next decade, either working in conventional or hybrid powertrains. Hence it is essential to keep improving these engines to reduce the negative impact of light-duty vehicles on the environment. The most used strategy to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in current spark-ignition (SI) gasoline engines is downsizing combined with direct injection (DI). Besides, downsizing must go hand in hand with turbocharging to maintain peak power. It is also proven that exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) can improve fuel economy in SI engines by 3-6% at medium and high loads. As a disadvantage, extracting the full benefit from EGR requires operating with high recirculation rates (close to the EGR dilution limit), leading to some issues under transient conditions. In this thesis, it is demonstrated that high EGR operation through long-route systems in turbocharged engines can potentially originate combustion instabilities and poor engine response during load-decrease (tip-out) and load-increase (tip-in) maneuvers, respectively. Transient operations are especially important for manufacturers since the implementation of the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP). The present thesis is therefore devoted to analyzing and optimizing the gasoline engine performance under high EGR conditions during relevant transient maneuvers. To this end, a Euro-6 1.3L turbocharged DI SI gasoline engine with a variable geometry turbine was employed. A 1D model of this ICE was developed to assess fluid dynamics and transport phenomena. Engine tests were also performed to validate the 1D model and evaluate torque response, combustion stability, and raw exhaust emissions. Before addressing the study of transient maneuvers, the engine calibration with EGR was carried out, and 0D conventional and hybrid vehicle simulations were done to determine the EGR benefit in fuel economy under WLTP driving conditions. Finally, tip-in and tip-out results revealed that some air management strategies are effective in meeting the transient EGR challenges in SI engines, but at the expense of increased complexity and costs. / González Domínguez, D. (2023). Analysis and Optimization of the Transient Operation of Gasoline Turbocharged Direct Injection Engines Under High EGR Conditions [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/193852

Currently environmental concerns are driving internal combustion engine manufacturers to seek greater fuel efficiency, more refinement and lower emissions. Cyclic variation is a known obstacle to achieving the greatest potential against these goals and therefore an understanding of how to reduce these is sought. It is widely accepted that cyclic variation in in-cylinder flow motions is a key contributor to overall cyclic variation and therefore the characterisation of factors affecting these is an important step in the process of achieving a better understanding and ultimately control of cyclic variation. This thesis reports the development of a novel optical engine research facility in which high speed digital particle image velocimetry (HSDPIV) has been applied to the study of flow field behaviour within a direct injection spark ignition (DISI) engine. This study investigates the spatial and temporal development of flow structures over and within many engine cycles. Flow field PIV measurements have been captured with a high spatial resolution and temporal frequencies up to 5 kHz from a number of measurement locations at a large range of crank angles. The major contributions from this work have included the use of the novel measurement technique to investigate spatial and temporal flow field development in the intake runner, valve jet, in-cylinder tumble and swirl planes and the pent roof. The gathered data have been used to investigate cycle by cycle variations in both high and low frequency flow structures. Major findings of this work have included the observation of highly varying flow fields throughout the engine cycle. Frequency analysis of these flows has allowed the low frequency bulk motions and higher frequency turbulent components to be studied. The low frequency flow field components are shown to create varying flow field interactions within the cylinder that also affect the manner in which the flow develops over the course of the cycle. The intensity of the turbulence fluctuations, u , has been calculated based upon the high frequency components within the flow and variations within this are shown to correlate with pressure related combustion parameters.

En la presente tesis se desarrolla un sistema de control de la mezcla de aire y gasolina en un motor alternativo de cuatro tiempos, basado en redes neuronales. Para que el catalizador logre un grado de depuración aceptable con todos los gases contaminantes simultáneamente, debe mantenerse la proporción de aire y combustible, dentro de una banda muy estrecha. En estado estacionario, este objetivo se cumple sin demasiados problemas, pero el funcionamiento habitual de un vehículo es en régimen muy transitorio, donde los sistemas convencionales no logran evitar desviaciones importantes del punto de consigna. Estos se basan además en una gran cantidad de tablas estáticas, que deben calibrarse de forma experimental, lo cual es bastante costoso tanto en tiempo como en dinero.Para evitar estos problemas se ha diseñado un modelo matemático de un motor, que comprende todo el proceso de formación de la mezcla, sensores, la generación del par motor y la dinámica del vehículo. La realización final se ha realizado en el lenguaje de simulación MatLab/Simulink®. Los datos requeridos son fácilmente obtenibles bien por metrología, bien de forma experimental. Se ha validado con un motor SEAT de 1,6 l y 74 kW.Como primer paso se ha aplicado una estrategia de control convencional bastante simple, consistente en un controlador feedforward estático, más un controlador feedback de tipo PI ó PID. Esto ha permitido el estudio de las principales características del motor desde el punto de vista de control. Con los resultados obtenidos se ha diseñado un observador basado en una red neuronal, que elimine los retardos puros del sistema y que pueda ser utilizado para cerrar el lazo de control. Primero se ha usado una red feedforward, pero vistos los malos resultados, se ha desarrollado una red neuronal recurrente a partir de la red de Elman, que se ha modificado convenientemente para adaptarla a las dificultades propias del problema. El algoritmo de entrenamiento utilizado se basa en el de retropropagación clásico, y modifica no sólo los pesos entre capas, sino también los correspondientes a las neuronas de contexto, las cuales permiten memorizar estados internos. La principal mejora consiste en separar las neuronas de contexto en tantos grupos como entradas tiene la red, y entrenarlos por separado, de modo que cada grupo se adapte a la dinámica particular de la entrada a la que va asociado. Se muestra mediante simulación el comportamiento del conjunto motor más observador en lazo cerrado, y se compara con el esquema convencional. Se prueba asimismo la robustez del sistema frente a distintas consignas, ruido en la planta y defectos de sintonía. / In the present thesis a control system for the air-fuel mixture in a reciprocating four-stroke engine is developed, based on neural networks. The air-fuel ratio has to be kept within a very narrow window so that the catalyst achieves an acceptable degree of purification simultaneously with all the polluting gases. In steady state, this goal can be fulfilled without difficulties, but the usual operation of a vehicle is in a very transient state, where the conventional systems are not able to avoid important excursions from the set point. They also rely on a great number of look-up tables, which have to be tuned experimentally, thus with an enormous investment of money and time.To avoid those problems a mathematical model of an engine has been designed, in such a way that it comprises of the whole mixture formation process, sensors, the torque generation and the vehicle dynamics. Finally it has been implemented in the simulation language MatLab/Simulink®. The required data is easily available both from metrology, and experimental work. It has been validated with a 1,6 litre 74 kW SEAT engine.As a first step, a quite simple conventional control strategy has been applied, consisting of a static feedforward controller, and a PI or PID feedback controller. This has permitted studying the main features of the engine from the control point of view.With the obtained results an observer based on a neural network has been designed, which eliminates the delays of the system and that can be used to close the control loop. First a feedforward network has been used, but due to the bad results, a recurrent neural network has been developed starting from the Elman network, which has been properly modified in order to adapt it to the characteristic difficulties of the problem. The training algorithm used is based on that of classical backpropagation, and it modifies not only the weights interconnecting different layers, but also those corresponding to the context neurons, which allow the memorising of internal states. The main improvement consists in separating the context neurons in as many groups as the network has inputs, and to train them separately, so that each group adapts to the particular dynamics of the input with which it is associated. The behaviour of the engine plus the observer in closed loop is shown by means of simulation, and is compared with the conventional scheme. It is proven the robustness of system response to different set points, noise in the plant and tuning defects.

For an engine running at a constant speed, both exhaust and intake processes are periodic in nature. This inspires the muffler designer to go for the much easier and faster frequency domain modeling. But analogous to electrical filter, as per Thevenin’s theorem, the acoustic filter or muffler requires prior knowledge of the load-independent source characteristics (acoustic pressure and internal impedance), corresponding to the open circuit voltage and internal impedance of an electrical source. Studies have shown that it is not feasible to evaluate these source characteristics making use of either the direct measurement method or the indirect evaluation method. Hence, prediction of the radiated exhaust or intake noise has been subject to trial and error. Making use of the fact that pressure perturbation in a duct is a superposition of the forward moving wave and the reflected wave, a simple hybrid approach has been proposed making use of an interrelationship between progressive wave variables of the linear acoustic theory and Riemann variables of the method of characteristics. Neglecting the effect of nonlinearities, reflection of the forward moving wave has been duly incorporated at the exhaust valve. The reflection co-efficient of the system downstream of the exhaust valve has been calculated by means of the transfer matrix method at each of the several harmonics of the engine firing frequency. This simplified approach can predict exhaust noise with or without muffler for a naturally aspirated, single cylinder engine. However, this proves to be inadequate in predicting the exhaust noise of multi-cylinder engines. Thus, estimation of radiated noise has met only limited success in this approach. Strictly speaking, unique source characteristics do not exist for an IC engine because of the associated non-linearity of the time-varying source. Yet, a designer would like to know the un-muffled noise level in order to assess the required insertion loss of a suitable muffler. As far as the analysis and design of a muffler is concerned, the linear frequency-domain analysis by means of the transfer matrix approach is most convenient and time saving. Therefore, from a practical point of view, it is very desirable to be able to evaluate source characteristics, even if grossly approximate. If somehow it were possible to parameterize the source characteristics of an engine in terms of basic engine parameters, then it would be possible to evaluate the un-muffled noise before a design is taken up as a first approximation. This aspect has been investigated in detail in this work. A finite-volume CFD (one dimensional) model has been used in conjunction with the two-load or multi-load method to evaluate the source characteristics at a point just downstream of the exhaust manifold for the exhaust system, and upstream of the air filter (dirty side) in the case of the intake system. These source characteristics have been extracted from the pressure time history calculated at that point using the electro-acoustic analogy. Systematic parametric studies have yielded approximate empirical expressions for the source characteristics of an engine in terms of the basic engine parameters like engine RPM, capacity (swept volume or displacement), air-fuel ratio, and the number of cylinders. The effect of other parameters has been found to be relatively insignificant. Unlike exhaust noise, the intake system noise of an automobile cannot be measured because of the proximity of the engine at the point of measurement. Besides, the intake side is associated with turbocharger (booster), intercooler, cooling fan, etc., which will make the measurement of the intake noise erroneous. From the noise radiation point of view, intake noise used to be considered to be a minor source of noise as compared to the exhaust noise. Therefore, very little has been done or reported on prediction of the intake noise as compared to the exhaust noise. But nowadays, with efficient exhaust mufflers, the un-muffled intake noise has become a contributing factor to the passenger compartment noise level as a luxury decisive factor. Therefore, in this investigation both the intake and the exhaust side source characteristics have been found out for the compression ignition as well as the spark ignition engines. Besides, in the case of compression ignition engines, typical turbocharged as well as naturally aspirated engines have been considered. One of the inputs to the time-domain simulation is the intake valve and exhaust valve lift histories as functions of crank angle. It is very cumbersome and time-consuming to measure and feed these data into the program. Sometimes, this data is not available or cannot be determined easily. So, a generalized formula for the valve lift has been developed by observing the valve lift curves of various engines. The maximum exhaust valve lift has been expressed as a function of the swept volume of the cylinder. This formulation is not intended for designing a cam profile; it is for the purpose of determining approximate thermodynamic quantities to help a muffler designer for an initial estimation. It has also been observed during the investigation that from the acoustic point of view, sometimes it is better to open the exhaust valve a little earlier, but very slowly and smoothly, and keep it open for a longer time. Although the exact source characteristics for an automobile engine cannot be determined precisely, yet the values of source characteristics calculated using this methodology have been shown to be reasonably good for approximate prediction of the un-muffled noise as well as insertion loss of a given muffler. The resultant empirical expressions for the source characteristics enable the potential user to make use of the frequency-domain cum-transfer matrix approach throughout; the time consuming time-domain simulation of the engine exhaust source is no longer necessary. Predictions of the un-muffled sound pressure level of automotive engines have been corroborated against measured values as the well as the full scale time-domain predictions making use of a finite-volume software.

Aujourd’hui, les constructeurs automobiles continuent de chercher les technologies renouvelables face à la pénurie d’énergie et les problèmes d’émission de polluants. Un moyen important pour optimiser l’économie de carburant et réduire les émissions polluantes des moteurs à allumage commandés est le concept ‘downsizing’. Cependant, ce concept est limité par le phénomène de cliquetis dû aux conditions de haute température et haut pression. Dans cette étude, le contrôle de la concentration d’oxygène dans l’air est proposé. Car d’une part, la combustion enrichie en oxygène permet d’améliorer la densité de puissance de moteur avec le même niveau de pression d’admission. Cela permet soit de ‘booster’ la combustion pour augmenter la puissance du moteur ou de l’activer lorsque le moteur fonctionne à faible charge ou dans des conditions de démarrage à froid. D’autre part, une faible concentration en oxygène dans l’air (ou dilution de N2) par un système membranaire peut être considérée comme une alternative à la recirculation des gaz d’échappement. Les expériences ont été effectuées dans un moteur monocylindre ‘downsizing’ avec différents taux d’oxygène et richesse. L’étude de l’impact du contrôle de la concentration d’oxygène sur les caractéristiques de combustion et d’émissions a été effectuée pour plusieurs charges en fonctionnement optimum pour limiter la consommation spécifique de carburant. L’effet de la concentration en oxygène sur les caractéristiques de combustion du moteur a été simulé en utilisant le logiciel commercial AMESim avec le modèle de combustion développé par IFP-EN. En mettant en oeuvre des corrélations de la vitesse de combustion laminaire, déterminées au préalable durant ce travail, et délai d’auto-inflammation, les pressions dans les cylindres sont parfaitement calibrés avec une erreur maximale inférieure à 2% et l’intensité du cliquetis a pu être prédite. / Nowadays, car manufacturers continue to lead researches on new technologies facing to the energy shortage and pollutant emission problems. A major way to optimise fuel economy and reduce pollutant emissions for Spark-Ignition (SI) engines is the downsizing concept. However, this concept is unfortunately limited by ‘knock’ phenomena (abnormal combustion) due to high temperature and high pressure in-cylinder conditions. In the present study, control the oxygen concentration in air is proposed. Indeed, on the one hand, oxygen-enriched combustion can improve engine power density with the same intake pressure level. Thus, oxygen-enriched combustion can be used either as a booster to increase engine output or as a combustion enhancer when the engine operates at low loads or in cold start conditions. On the other hand, low oxygen concentration in air (or N2 dilution) can be considered as an alternative to exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). The experiments were carried out in a downsized single-cylinder SI engine with different rates of oxygen and equivalence ratios. The study of the impact of controlling oxygen concentration on the combustion characteristics and emissions was performed at several loads by optimizing the spark advance and the intake pressure to maintain the load and obtain a minimum value of indicated Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC). The effect of oxygen concentration on the engine combustion characteristics was simulated by using the commercial software AMESim, with the combustion model developed by IFP-EN. By implementing correlations for the laminar burning velocity, determined previously during this study, and auto-ignition delay data base, the in-cylinder pressures were perfectly calibrated with a maximum pressure relative error less than 2%, and the knock intensity was predicted.

The present work studies the use of a two-zone computer model to simulate the operation of an internal combustion engine with spark ignition fueled with alcohol fuels and gasohol. To fit the model to the experimental data, a parameter estimation technique was used and the heat transfer correlation that could better fit the tested fuels and engine was determined. The tested fuels were: hydrous ethanol, wet ethanol (from 10% to 40% of water, by volume), n-butanol, n-butanol/ethanol blend and gasohol. In addition to the experimental tests with the engine, tests with a packed distillation column under batch process were made in order to determine the energy efficiency involved between production and use as a fuel for hydrous ethanol and wet ethanol fuels. The results showed that the two-zone model was able to predict satisfactorily the behavior of all tested fuels, accurately obtaining the engine performance parameters. In terms of energy efficiency, wet ethanol fuels have advantage over hydrous ethanol fuel, especially in the case of 30% of water by volume, where energy efficiency reaches its maximum value, considering the distillation and engine combustion processes. The n-butanol fuel was capable of act as a surrogate for both hydrous ethanol and gasohol with efficiency, leading the engine to have good performance in the tested operational conditions and appearing, due to this, as an interesting alternative of renewable fuel to be inserted in the Brazilian energy matrix. / O presente trabalho investiga o uso de um modelo computacional de duas zonas para simular o funcionamento de um motor de combustão interna com ignição por centelha abastecido com álcoois combustíveis e gasolina. Para o ajuste do modelo fez-se uso de técnica de estimação de parâmetros e determinação da correlação de transferência de calor capaz de melhor se ajustar aos combustíveis e ao motor testados. Os combustíveis utilizados foram: etanol hidratado, etanol super-hidratado (de 10% a 40% de água, em volume), n-butanol, misturas de n-butanol e etanol e gasolina e etanol. Além dos testes experimentais com motor, testes de bancada com uma coluna de destilação recheada em regime descontínuo foram realizados a fim de determinar a eficiência energética do processo de produção e queima de etanol hidratado e super-hidratado. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que o modelo de duas zonas é capaz de prever de maneira satisfatória o comportamento de todos os combustíveis testados, com determinação precisa de parâmetros de desempenho do motor. Em termos de eficiência energética, o etanol super-hidratado tem vantagem em relação ao etanol hidratado combustível, em especial quando com 30% de água em volume, onde a eficiência energética é máxima, considerados os processos de destilação e queima no motor. O n-butanol combustível usado mostrou-se capaz de substituir eficientemente tanto o etanol hidratado como a gasolina brasileira, levando o motor a ter boa performance nas condições operacionais testadas e aparecendo, dessa forma, como interessante alternativa de combustível renovável a ser inserida na matriz energética brasileira.