Technical Paper
A Comparative Study of Physics Based Grey Box and Neural Network Trained Black Box Dynamic Models in an RCCI Engine Control Parameter Prediction
2021-04-06
2021-01-0178
Reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) engines are considered as a potent solution to realize near zero nitrogen oxides (NOx) and soot emission with higher thermal efficiency. However, operational control in RCCI engines is challenging, as events such as ignition and combustion phasing etc. are mostly decoupled from hardware induced start of injection. In modern control architecture, these real time data are internally computed using signals from cylinder pressure sensor (CPS). Lately, physics based control models or grey box models in RCCI engines were considered as a cost competitive and smart alternative to hardware signal source. In this work, an attempt was made to develop and compare physics based grey box model with data based neural networks, trained through supervised learning (or the black box models) to accurately predict dynamic combustion control parameters across five engine loads and incremental premix energy share not exceeding 60%.