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Spark-ignition engine
About: Spark-ignition engine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4352 publications have been published within this topic receiving 66550 citations.
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06 Jun 2013TL;DR: In this article, a setpoint control module generates setpoints for the spark ignition engine based on the second torque request, selectively adjusting at least one of the setpoints according to the amount of vacuum requested.
Abstract: A torque requesting module generates a first torque request for a spark ignition engine based on driver input. A torque conversion module converts the first torque request into a second torque request. A setpoint control module generates setpoints for the spark ignition engine based on the second torque request. A vacuum requesting module requests an amount of vacuum within an intake manifold of the engine. The setpoint module selectively adjusts at least one of the setpoints based on the amount of vacuum requested. A model predictive control (MPC) module: identifies sets of possible target values based on the setpoints; generates predicted parameters based on a model of the spark ignition engine and the sets of possible target values, respectively; selects one of the sets of possible target values based on the predicted parameters; and sets target values based on the possible target values of the selected one of the sets.
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74 citations
TL;DR: In this article, butanol is considered as the most promising alternative fuel candidate because of its favorable chemical and physical properties, which are quite similar to gasoline. Butanol is completely miscible with gasoline in any proportion and forms a stable blend.
73 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of microwave-assisted plasma ignition on laminar flame development in a 1.4l constant volume combustion chamber (CVCC) was investigated, and microwave ejection strategy was found to be beneficial to combustion showing a higher combustion index than the conventional spark ignition condition.
73 citations
73 citations