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Real-time energy management of the electric turbocharger based on explicit model predictive control
journal contribution
posted on 2019-03-26, 14:27 authored by Dezong Zhao, Richard Stobart, Byron MasonThe electric turbocharger is a promising solution for engine downsizing. It provides great potential for vehicle fuel efficiency improvement. The electric turbocharger makes engines run as hybrid systems so critical challenges are raised in energy management and control. This paper proposes a real-time energy management strategy based on updating and tracking of the optimal exhaust pressure setpoint. Starting from the engine characterisation, the impacts of the electric turbocharger on engine response and exhaust emissions are analysed. A multivariable explicit model predictive controller is designed to regulate the key variables in the engine air system, while the optimal setpoints of those variables are generated by a high level controller. The two-level controller works in a highly efficient way to fulfill the optimal energy management. This strategy has been validated in physical simulations and experimental testing. Excellent tracking performance and sustainable energy management demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Funding
This work was supported in part by the Low Carbon Vehicle IDP4 Programme of Innovate UK under Grant TP14/LCV/6/I/BG011L and in part by the EPSRC-UKRI Innovation Fellowship scheme of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of U.K. under Grant EP/S001956/1.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Published in
IEEE Transactions on Industrial ElectronicsVolume
67Issue
4Pages
3126 - 3137Citation
ZHAO, D., STOBART, R. and MASON, B., 2019. Real-time energy management of the electric turbocharger based on explicit model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67 (4), pp.3126-3137.Publisher
© IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Acceptance date
2019-03-08Publication date
2019-04-15Notes
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0278-0046Publisher version
Language
- en