The paper investigates improvements in the turbocharged diesel engine transient response that can be attained when a turbocharger power assist system, consisting, for example, of an electric motor and a battery, is coupled to the turbocharger shaft. The method of investigation relies on formulating and solving numerically an appropriate minimum time optimal control problem. Comparison with a co...

nowadays, cad/cam simulation is considered as a strong tool to estimate performance of various systems and to reduce costs and testing time. in this study, we used gt-power software to model the performance of an si engine. the results indicate that the engine power drops significantly as altitude increases. to compensate power loss, the engine is equiped with a turbocharger system. the proper ...

As one of the most common faults, rotor imbalance in a turbocharger will give rise to the bending vibration, which may cause damage to and even destroy the bearings and impellers. Therefore, it is necessary to detect rotor imbalance as early as possible. The present paper develops a mathematical model for investigating the rotor dynamic characteristics of a commercial automotive turbocharger su...

Turbocharger is a high speed rotor system supported by a pair of floating ring bearings which comprise of double oil films. The stability of its rotor system is governed by not only the structure of the rotor but also by the nonlinear hydrodynamic force of two oil films. In this paper, a lumped dynamics model is developed for a turbocharger rotor system. In order to investigate the nonlinear be...

Abstract— A non-linear four state-three input mean value engine model, incorporating the important turbocharger dynamics, is used to study optimal control of a diesel-electric powertrain during transients. The optimization is conducted for two different criteria, both time and fuel optimal control, and both engine speed and output power are considered free variables in the optimization. The tra...

Optimal control policies for a diesel-electric powertrain in transient operation are studied. In order to fully utilize the extra degree of freedom available in a diesel-electric powertrain, compared to a conventional powertrain, the engine-speed is allowed to vary freely. The considered transients are steps from idle to target power. A non-linear four state-three input mean value engine model,...

The turbocharger and turbocharging have been the inherent component of diesel engines, so that critical parameters of such engines, as BSFC (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption) or thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, BMEP (Brake Mean Effective Pressure), the power density output and emission level have been improved extensively. In general, the turbocharger can be considered as the most complex c...

We develop novelty detection techniques for the analysis of data from a large-vehicle engine turbocharger in order to illustrate how abnormal events of operational significance may be identified with respect to a model of normality. Results are validated using polynomial function modelling and reduced dimensionality visualisation techniques to show that system operation can be automatically cla...