Development and Application of Advanced Control Techniques to Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Engines 961984
Advancements in natural gas engine control technology can result in natural gas engines which are more efficient, powerful, responsive, and durable than those currently available. The vast majority of hardware required to make these advancements exists or can be modified for application on natural gas engines. Given this, an investigation to develop and incorporate advanced natural gas engine control technology was completed. Advanced control techniques for equivalence ratio control, knock detection and control, misfire detection and control, and turbocharger transient surge supression are detailed in this paper. Control strategies were developed and applied to a heavy-duty on-highway natural gas engine using a personal computer-based prototyping control system. The engine control system advancements resulted in a natural gas engine with increased efficiency, power density, and response, along with reduced emissions over the current state-of-the-art in natural gas engines.
Citation: Podnar, D., Kubesh, J., and Colucci, C., "Development and Application of Advanced Control Techniques to Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Engines," SAE Technical Paper 961984, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/961984. Download Citation
Author(s):
Daniel J Podnar, John T Kubesh, Christopher P. Colucci
Affiliated:
Southwest Research Institute
Pages: 14
Event:
1996 SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Topics in Alternative Fuels and Their Emissions-SP-1208, SAE 1996 Transactions - Journal of Engines-V105-3
Related Topics:
Gas engines
Natural gas
Engine control systems
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