Real-time and robust estimation of biodiesel blends based on fuel consumption and crankshaft torsionals

S. Mirheidari, Matthew Franchek, K. M. Grigoriadis, J. Mohammadpour, Y. Y. Wang, I. Haskara

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

    2 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    Biodiesel is a renewable alternative fuel which produces lower exhaust emissions compared to its petroleum-based counterpart, diesel. While all of the emissions are less for biodiesel compared to diesel fuel, nitrogen oxides (NOx) increases. To meet the emissions requirements by engine manufacturers, information about biodiesel fuel must be provided for engine control system to be able to compensate the increase in NOx emissions caused by using biodiesel. Moreover, biodiesel blend information can be useful to improve performance on the biodiesel fueled engine. Biodiesel blend estimation based on fuel consumption and produced engine torque is investigated in this paper. This strategy is fitted in a robust adaptive estimation structure for achieving a robust estimation. Sensitivity analysis has been done to check the robustness of the estimators against measurement errors.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Title of host publicationASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference and Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, DSCC 2011
    Pages921-928
    Number of pages8
    Volume1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Dec 1 2011
    EventASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference and Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, DSCC 2011 - Arlington, VA, United States
    Duration: Oct 31 2011Nov 2 2011

    Other

    OtherASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference and Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, DSCC 2011
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityArlington, VA
    Period10/31/1111/2/11

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
    • Control and Systems Engineering

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