Economy and power tuning an ic engine for lower CO2 footprint

Manev, Nikola and Dimitrovski, Dame and Mirakovski, Zoran and Jovchevski, Igor (2021) Economy and power tuning an ic engine for lower CO2 footprint. Mechanical Engineering Scientific Journal, 39 (1-2). pp. 33-46. ISSN 1857–5293

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Abstract

Despite their harmful environmental impact, 96.5% of the heavy commercial vehicles sold in 2020 were diesel driven, which goes to shows that IC engines will stay in use with road vehicles for the foreseeable future. Integrating catalytic converters and other filtering solutions in the vehicle exhaust systems provides a partial reduction of these emissions, but a further reduction is a trade-off between the engine power output and the continuously demanding eco-standards. This paper provides an insight into the workings of the engine control unit (ECU), the sensors it draws data from as well as the actuators it controls. Additionally, it analyzes fuzzy logic control and how changing the fuzzy logic maps within the ECU offers opportunities for increased engine power output with better fuel economy. Having said that, this paper aims to achieve both of these requirements using the IC engine control principles and locate the potential trade-offs of such a modification to the engine’s standard operation (a reduction in CO2 emissions being one of them).

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Engineering and Technology > Mechanical engineering
Divisions:	Military Academy
Depositing User:	Nikola Manev
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2024 09:16
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 09:16
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/35200

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