Advanced Control Strategies on Nonlinear Testbench Dynamometer System for Simulating the Fuel Consumption

Abstract

The adoption of Engine-in-the-loop technology shows real behaviour. This study presents a test runs simulation platform with real engine data. In addition, a test bench model is a demand approach that offers a significant potential to provide an excellent reproducibility of test runs. The platform includes the data integration to upgrade tests run and a comparison with previous results using the advancing control techniques designed. The dynamometer system presents significantly non-linearity. The adaptive control approach, integrated into the Model Predictive Control on the vehicle, allows increasing the tests run performance. The results show how the real data can improve performance and the validation of the system integrating the updated driving cycle and maintaining EiL approach. The conclusion showed the significant benefits regarding the control methods used.