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Design and Implementation of an Electronic Control Unit for a CFR Bi-Fuel Spark Ignition Engine

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Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society (ApplePies 2016)

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In this work an Electronic Control Unit for the management of a CFR engine will be described. The engine, which is used both for fuel octane rating (both in terms of RON and MON) and for research purpose, is equipped with a double injection system, with the aim to independently operate both with liquid and gaseous fuels. The developed ECU, hence, is able to control the injections of both kind of fuel, together with the spark ignition. Furthermore the system is also able to measure fuel’s consumption, instantaneous engine speed of rotation and air-fuel ratio, showing all the running parameters both on a local LCD display and on a PC based graphical user interface.

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Abbreviations

A/F:

Air/fuel ratio

BDC:

Bottom dead centre

BTDC:

Before top dead centre

CAD:

Crank angle degrees

ECU:

Electronic control unit

IMEP:

Indicated mean effective pressure

CFR:

Cooperative fuel research

COV:

Coefficient of variation (ratio between standard deviation and mean value)

MON:

Motor octane number

RON:

Research octane number

SA:

Spark advance

TDC:

Top dead centre

λ:

Relative Air/Fuel ratio = actual A/F divided by stoichiometric A/F

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  1. Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale Delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy

    Carmelo Maniscalco, Vincenzo Di Majo, Emiliano Pipitone & G. Costantino Giaconia

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Maniscalco, C., Di Majo, V., Pipitone, E., Costantino Giaconia, G. (2018). Design and Implementation of an Electronic Control Unit for a CFR Bi-Fuel Spark Ignition Engine. In: De Gloria, A. (eds) Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society. ApplePies 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 429. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55071-8_10

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