Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (대한기계학회)
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Robust Nonlinear Control of Air-to-Fuel Ratio in Spark Ignition Engines

  • Myoungho Sunwoo (Associate Professor from the Department of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Paljoo Yoon (Mando Corporation) ;
  • Park, Seungbum (Graduate Student from the Department of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Wootaik (Graduate Student from the Department of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Published : 2001.06.01
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Abstract

This paper presents a new approach to the AFR (Air-to-Fuel Ratio) control problem, which is based on the wide-band oxygen sensor output. The dedicated nonlinear controller is based on the feedback lineaization technique. It is well known that the feedback linearizing control technique requires an exact model of the plant for the cancellation of plant nonlinearities. A sliding mode control scheme is applied which can effectively compensate the modeling uncertainties. The measurement time delay of an oxygen sensor limits the gain of the feedback controller. Hence, time delay compensation procedure is necessary for the improvement of control performance. The Smith predictor is adopted to compensate the effects of time delay. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed controllers can effectively reduce the transient peaks of AFR in spite of fast tip-in and tip-out maneuvers of the throttle.

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