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Real-Time Air/Fuel-Ratio Control in a Small SI Engine Using the Ionic Current Signal
Technical Paper
1999-01-3323
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Experiments were conducted on a small SI engine with the objective to investigate the relationship between air/fuel-ratio and the ionic current signal measured across the spark plug electrodes. The propane-operated, single-cylinder engine has been equipped with sensors to monitor its operating conditions and a CDI ignition system with a built-in ionic current sensing circuit.
More than 50 features of the ionic current signal have been examined in a preliminary analysis. Three features of the cycle-averaged signal (signal peak, signal integral in a crank angle window around the peak position, signal amplitude after a preset delay) were found to correlate reasonably well with air/fuel-ratio for the full range of operating conditions. After an evaluation of cycle-to-cycle variations of these features, simple algorithms for an application of the ionic current - mixture strength relationship are introduced.
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Schneider, D. and Lai, M., "Real-Time Air/Fuel-Ratio Control in a Small SI Engine Using the Ionic Current Signal," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-3323, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-3323.Also In
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