Control Strategy of Diesel Engine Hybrid Starter System

This article presents, a prototype to control a duel starting system for diesel engines. A pneumatic starter has been proposed as an additional choice for the engine starting system to overcome the conventional starting system fail, especially on the faraway roads. Starting management between pneumatic and electric starting systems has been controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) based on air pressure levels. The automatic controller hardware is automated using the Automation Studio program and then controllers were assembled and programmed to build ECU. MATLAB/SIMULINK software have been used to investigate the performance of both electric and pneumatic starting systems to assess the proposed pneumatic starter. In conclusion, the battery life can be increased, and the size, mass, and battery capacity can be reduced.