The importance of control systems and diagnostics in vehicles are increasing and has resulted in several newmethods to calculate better control signals. The performance can be increased by calculating these signals close to optimum, but that also require more and precise information regarding the system. One of the wanted control signals are the crankshaft torque and the thesis presents two dif...

We are pursuing a system that monitors the engine condition under multiple load settings, i.e. under non-stationary operating conditions. We have obtained data from the electronically controlled 2-stroke engine at MAN B&W Research Copenhagen. The running speed when data acquired under simulated marine conditions (different load settings on the propeller curve) was in the range from 60 to 120 ro...

Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) seems to be the most promising solution for gasoline engines in the light of future emissions regulations. This novel combustion technique allows for significant reduction of fuel consumption and engine-out NOX emissions at low and medium engine load/speed conditions. High heat release rate enables realization of the Otto cycle close to ideal, incr...

Rising petroleum prices, an increasing threat to the environment from exhaust emissions, global warming and the threat of supply instabilities has led to the choice of inedible Mahua oil (MO) as one of the main alternative fuels to diesel oil in India. In the present work, MO was converted into biodiesel by transesterification using methanol and sodium hydroxide. The cost of Mahua oil biodiesel...

Actin networks, acting as an engine pushing against an external load, are fundamentally important to cell motility. A measure of the effectiveness of an engine is the velocity the engine is able to produce at a given force, the force-velocity curve. One type of force-velocity curve, consisting of a concave region where velocity is insensitive to increasing force followed by a decrease in veloci...

Repetitive tasks in industrial works may contribute to health problems among operators, such as musculo-skeletal disorders, in part due to insufficient control of muscle fatigue. In this paper, a predictive model of fatigue is proposed for repetitive push/pull operations. Assumptions generally accepted in the literature are first ex1 plicitly set in this framework. Then, an earlier static fatig...

Biodiesel is receiving increasing attention each passing day because of its fuel properties and compatibility with the petroleum-based diesel fuel (PBDF). Therefore, in this study, the prediction of the engine performance and exhaust emissions is carried out for five different neural networks to define how the inputs affect the outputs using the biodiesel blends produced from waste frying palm ...

The idle speed problem is a classical example of an automotive control application. The set-up corresponds to a disturbance rejection problem where the main plant output (engine speed) has to be maintained at a (low) constant value despite the torque disturbances acting on the engine crank-shaft (servosteering pump, air-conditioning, etc.). The relevance (comfort, fuel consumption, etc.) and th...

Use of an Engine Cycle Simulation to Study a Biodiesel Fueled Engine. (August 2009) Junnian Zheng, B.A., Shanghai Jiaotong University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Jerald A. Caton Based on the GT-Power software, an engine cycle simulation for a biodiesel fueled direct injection compression ignition engine was developed and used to study its performance and emission characteristics. The major...