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This paper proposes an H-infinity combustion control method for diesel engines. The plant model is the discrete dynamics model developed by Yasuda et al., which is implementable on a real engine control unit. We introduce a two-degree-of-freedom control scheme with a feedback controller and a feedforward controller. This scheme achieves both good feedback properties, such as disturbance suppression and robust stability, and a good transient response. The feedforward controller is designed by taking the inverse of the static plant model, and the feedback controller is designed by the H-infinity control method, which reduces the effect of the trubocharger lag. The effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated in simulations using the nonlinear discrete dynamics model.
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This work was supported by “Innovative Combustion Technology” of a cross-ministerial strategic innovation promotion program (SIP) under Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Mitsuo HIRATA received B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Chiba University in 1991, 1993, and 1996, respectively. From 1996 through 2004, he was a Research Associate in the Department of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Chiba University. From 2002 through 2003, he was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. Since June 2004, he has been at Utsunomiya University, where he is currently a Professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering. His research interests include robust control, high-precision motion control, sampled-data control, and their applications to industrial systems. He is a member of IEEE, SICE, ISCIE, IEEJ, and JSME.
Sota ISHIZUKI received the B.E. and M.E. degrees from National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College and Utsunomiya University in 2015 and 2017, respectively. His current research interest is advanced control of combustion in diesel engines.
Masayasu SUZUKI received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, in 2005, 2007, and 2010, respectively. From 2010 to 2013, he was a Post-Doctoral researcher of FIRST Aihara Innovative Mathematical Modelling Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, in the Department of Mechanical and Environmental Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Since December 2013, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, Utsunomiya University, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. His research interests include control of nonlinear systems, control of distributed parameter systems, and network structure identification. He is a member of IEEE, SICE, ISCIE, IEEJ, JSME and IEICE.
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Hirata, M., Ishizuki, S. & Suzuki, M. Two-degree-of-freedom H-infinity control of combustion in diesel engine using a discrete dynamics model. Control Theory Technol. 15, 109–116 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11768-017-6144-8
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