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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.11.529

Development of Low-Cost, Double-Speed, High-Precision Operation Control System for Range Extender Engine  

Ham, Yun-Young (Department of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Woosuk University)
Lee, Jeong-Jun (Blue Planet Inc.)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.11, 2018 , pp. 529-535 More about this Journal
Abstract
The range extender vehicle runs on a mechanism that allows the small power generation engine to start in the most efficient specific operating range to charge the battery and extend the mileage. In this study, we developed a step motor type intake air supply system that replaces existing throttle body system to develop a simple low cost control logic system. The system was applied to the existing base engine, and in order to improve the performance by increasing the amount of intake air, the effect of changing the length of the intake and exhaust manifold was experimentally examined. As a result, the Type B intake air control actuator operated by one step motor showed higher performance than the Type A in all the operation region, but the performance was lower than that of the base engine due to the increase of flow resistance. To improve this, it was confirmed that the engine performance was improved at both speeds of 2200rpm and 4300rpm when the 140mm adapter was installed in the intake manifold and when the newly designed 70mm exhaust manifold was applied. Through this process, high - precision operation control was realized by connecting the generator load to the optimized engine for the range extender electric vehicle. Experimental results showed that the speed change rate was within ${\pm}2.5%$ at 2200rpm in 1st stage and 4300rpm in 2nd stage and the speed follow-up result of 610 rpm/s was obtained when the speed was increased from 2200rpm to 4300rpm.
Keywords
Generator; Intake air control actuator; Range extender electric vehicle; Speed change rate; Step motor;
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