Design, test and implementation of a single piston rotary valve engine control unit

I. B. Zibani; J. M. Chuma; J. Marumo

Design, test and implementation of a single piston rotary valve engine control unit

I. B. Zibani, J. M. Chuma, J. Marumo

Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering

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Abstract

A prototype rotary valve engine has been built from a conventional single piston generator. In this study, an engine control unit, ECU, is designed, tested and implemented for the purpose of carrying out the primary engine functions of sparking, fuelling and valve events control. The rotary valve engine has no camshaft, therefore, only a crankshaft (optical) sensor is required. The controller has also the advantage of turning the engine in either direction, removing the need for a reverse gear. Full control over valve events, together with crank motion independent sparking, removes the need for a throttle valve and a mechanical starter. With the valve turning freely, no feedback sensing is necessary. The proposed ECU has been designed, successfully tested and implemented on ALTERA's UP1 prototyping board. The FPGA programmable device used is the EPM7064SLC44-5.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	19th IFAC World Congress IFAC 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Xiaohua Xia, Edward Boje
Publisher	IFAC Secretariat
Pages	5665-5670
Number of pages	6
Volume	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9783902823625
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2014
Event	19th IFAC World Congress on International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC 2014 - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: Aug 24 2014 → Aug 29 2014

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Other	19th IFAC World Congress on International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC 2014
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	8/24/14 → 8/29/14

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Control and Systems Engineering

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