The objective of the present work is the development of a closed-loop individual cylinder spark advance control strategy that allows maximizing torque production while keeping the knocking phenomenon at levels considered safe for the engine components. The research activity has consisted of several phases: the first one was focused on the analysis of the relationship between knocking level and indicated mean effective pressure. The main result of this preliminary phase is a methodology for identifying target values of the chosen in-cylinder pressure based knocking index. A subsequent phase of the work has been devoted to a correlation analysis between pressure-based knocking indexes and knocking indexes obtained by processing other combustion-related signals (engine block vibration and ion current), showing that the ion current based system that has been developed allows reaching high correlation levels. Finally, in order to achieve the target knocking levels, the spark advance control strategy proposed here consists of two parallel contributions: a slower, adaptive and statistically-based contribution, and a fast but range-limited term. The process of designing the controller has been particularly fast and cost-effective, due to the development of a specific software environment that allows verifying the performance the controller would achieve when applied to the actual engine. Such structure may be described as a software rapid control prototyping environment, since an experimental database has been used to reproduce in a simulation environment the response of the controlled system (the engine) coupled to the spark advance control system. The proposed control strategy has been successfully implemented on a V12 6.0 liter high performance engine, allowing to maximize output torque while protecting engine components from knock-related damage.
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ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
July 4–7, 2006
Torino, Italy
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0-7918-4251-7
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Ion Current Based Spark Advance Management for Maximum Torque Production and Knock Control
Nicolo` Cavina,
Nicolo` Cavina
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Luca Poggio
Luca Poggio
Ferrari Auto SpA
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Nicolo` Cavina
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Giacomo Po
Ferrari Auto SpA
Luca Poggio
Ferrari Auto SpA
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ESDA2006-95558, pp. 537-545; 9 pages
Published Online:
September 5, 2008
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Cavina, N, Po, G, & Poggio, L. "Ion Current Based Spark Advance Management for Maximum Torque Production and Knock Control." Proceedings of the ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. Volume 4: Fatigue and Fracture, Heat Transfer, Internal Combustion Engines, Manufacturing, and Technology and Society. Torino, Italy. July 4–7, 2006. pp. 537-545. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ESDA2006-95558
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