We investigate lean-fueling cyclic dispersion in spark ignition engines in terms of experimental nonlinear mapping functions representing the connection between past and future combustion events. Nonlinear mapping functions provide a relatively easy method for identifying the deterministic dynamics associated with lean combustion instability, even in the presence of very high levels of noise. O...

This paper describes a cost-effective fuzzy control system applied to a small spark-ignition internal-combustion engine to achieve regulation of the fuel injection system. It determines the amount of fuel required from a fuzzy algorithm using engine speed and manifold air pressure as input values. The fuzzy control parameters were a collection of comprehensible rules and fuzzy-set membership fu...

A model-based approach is applied to robustly control torque generation in four-stroke spark ignition (SI) engines. Discrete event engine model (DEM) is adopted to describe the torque generation process consisting of discrete combustion strokes. Disturbance observer (DOB) is utilized to achieve robust stability and performance of the torque generation process. For a single-input, single-output ...