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ONE-DIMENSIONAL HIGH-FIDELITY AND REDUCED-ORDER MODELS FOR THREE-WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER

To improve the performance of the three-way catalytic (TWC) converter, advanced control strategies and onboard diagnostics (OBD) systems are needed. Both rely on a relatively accurate but computationally efficient TWC converter model. This thesis aims to develop a control-oriented model that can be employed to develop the control strategies and OBD systems of the TWC converter.
The thesis consists of two parts, i.e., the high-fidelity model development and the model reduction. Firstly, a high-fidelity model is built using the energy and mass conservation principles. In this model, a constant inlet simulation is used to validate the warming-up characteristics, and a driving cycle simulation is used to calibrate the reaction rate parameters. The results of the simulation show that the high-fidelity model has adequate accuracy. Secondly, a reduced-order model is developed based on phase and reaction simplifications of the high-fidelity model. The aim of the development of the reduced-order model is to propose a computationally efficient model for further development of control strategies and state estimators for OBD systems. The accuracy of the reduced-order model is then validated by means of simulations. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/23381
Date January 2018
CreatorsLi, Tongrui
ContributorsYan, Fengjun, Mechanical Engineering
Source SetsMcMaster University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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