Knock is an undesired phenomenon occurring in spark ignited engines and is controlled acting on the spark timing. This paper presents a closed-loop architecture that makes possible to address the knock control problem with a standard model-based design approach. An engine knock margin estimate is feedback controlled through a PI regulator and its target value is computed starting from the desired knock probability. A black-box modelling approach is used to identify the dynamics between the spark timing and the knock margin and a traditional model-based controller synthesis is performed. Experimental results at the test bench show that, compared to a conventional strategy, the proposed approach allows for a better compromise between the controller speed and the variability of the spark timing. Moreover, another advantage w.r.t. the conventional strategies is that closed-loop performance prove to be constant for different reference probabilities, leading to a more regular engine behaviour.


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    Title :

    Engine knock margin control using in-cylinder pressure data: preliminary results



    Publication date :

    2017-01-01



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629



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