Inputs and Outputs of the Measured Engine

The tutorial uses direct injection gasoline engine in stratified-charge operation as an example which was measured with respect to the inputs and outputs illustrated in Fig. 7 and described in Tab. 1.

Fig. 7: Engine to be measured and modeled

 

Name

Meaning

 

 

 

Inputs

 

 

 

Injection

End of injection [° KW]

Ignition

Delta "ignition timing after end of injection" [° KW]

fuel_pressure

Fuel pressure [bar]

EGR

EGR rate [%]

ex_cam

Closing of exhaust valves [° KW]

in_cam

Opening of intake valves [° KW]

SCV

Swirl control valve [ ]

 

Operating points

speed

Engine speed [1/min]

load

Load; quantified by mean effective pressure [bar]

 

 

Outputs

 

fuel_mass

Fuel mass [kg/h]

CoV

Engine roughness [%]

soot

Smoke number SN [ ]

NOx_rel

relative nitrogen oxide emission
[g/kg fuel]

Tab. 1: Designation and meaning of inputs and outputs of measured engine