Title: Powertrain & Calibration 101
1Powertrain Calibration 101
- John Bucknell
- DaimlerChrysler
- Powertrain Systems Engineering
- December 4, 2006
2Powertrain Calibration Topics
- Background
- Powertrain terms
- Thermodynamics
- Mechanical Design
- Combustion
- Architecture
- Cylinder Filling Emptying
- Aerodynamics
- Calibration
- Spark Fuel
- Transients Drivability
3What is a Powertrain?
- Engine that converts thermal energy to mechanical
work - Particularly, the architecture comprising all the
subsystems required to convert this energy to
work - Sometimes extends to drivetrain, which connects
powertrain to end-user of power
4Characteristics of Internal Combustion Heat
Engines
- High energy density of fuel leads to high power
to weight ratio, especially when combusting with
atmospheric oxygen - External combustion has losses due to multiple
inefficiencies (primarily heat loss from
condensing of working fluid), internal combustion
has less inefficiencies - Heat engines use working fluids which is the
simplest of all energy conversion methods
5Reciprocating Internal Combustion Heat Engines
- Characteristics
- Slider-crank mechanism has high mechanical
efficiency (piston skirt rubbing is source of
50-60 of all firing friction) - Piston-cylinder mechanism has high single-stage
compression ratio capability leads to high
thermal efficiency capability - Fair to poor air pump, limiting power potential
without additional mechanisms
6- Reciprocating Engine Terms
- Vc Clearance Volume
- Vd Displacement or Swept Volume
- Vt Total Volume
- TC or TDC
- Top or Top Dead Center Position
- BC or BDC
- Bottom or Bottom Dead Center Position
- Compression Ratio (CR)
7Further explanation of aspects of Compression
Ratio
8- Reciprocating Engines
- Most layouts created during second World War as
aircraft manufacturers struggled to make the
least-compromised installation
9Thermodynamics
- Otto Cycle
- Diesel Cycle
- Throttled Cycle
- Supercharged Cycle
Source Internal Comb. Engine Fund.
10- Thermodynamic Terms
- MEP Mean Effective Pressure
- Average cylinder pressure over measuring period
- Torque Normalized to Engine Displacement (VD)
- BMEP Brake Mean Effective Pressure
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- IMEP Indicated Mean Effective Pressure
- MEP of Compression and Expansion Strokes
- PMEP Pumping Mean Effective Pressure
- MEP of Exhaust and Intake Strokes
- FFMEP Firing Friction Mean Effective Pressure
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- BMEP IMEP PMEP FFMEP
11- Thermodynamic Terms continued
- Work
- Power Work/Unit Time
- Specific Power Power per unit, typically
displacement or weight - Pressure/Volume Diagram Engineering tool to
graph cylinder pressure
12Indicated Work
TDC
BDC
Source Design and Sim of Four Strokes
13Pumping Work
TDC
BDC
Source Design and Sim of Four Strokes
14History of Internal Combustion
- 1878 Niklaus Otto built first successful four
stroke engine - 1885 Gottlieb Daimler built first high-speed four
stroke engine - 1878 saw Sir Dougald Clerk complete first
two-stroke engine (simplified by Joseph Day in
1891)
1891 Panhard-Levassor vehicle with front engine
built under Daimler license
15Energy Distribution in Passenger Car Engines
Source SAE 2000-01-2902 (Ricardo)
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17Using Exhaust Energy
- Highest expansion ratio recovers most thermal
energy - Turbines can recover heat energy left over from
gas exchange - Energy can be used to drive turbo-compressor or
fed back into crank train
Source Advanced Engine Technology
18Supercharging
- Increases specific output by increasing charge
density into reciprocator - Many methods of implementation, cost usually only
limiting factor
Source Internal Comb. Engine Fund.
19Mechanical Design
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21Two Valve Valvetrain
22Four Valve Valvetrain
23Valvetrain
- Specific Power f(Air Flow, Thermal
Efficiency) - Air flow is an easier variable to change than
thermal efficiency - 90 of restriction of induction system occurs in
cylinder head - Cylinder head layouts that allow the greatest
airflow will have highest specific power
potential - Peak flow from poppet valve engines primarily a
function of total valve area - More/larger valves equals greater valve area
24Combustion Terms
- Brake Power Power measured by the absorber
(brake) at the crankshaft - BSFC - Brake Specific Fuel Consumption Fuel
Mass Flow Rate / Brake Power grams/kW-h or
lbs/hp-h - LBT Fuelling - Lean Best Torque
Leanest Fuel/Air to Achieve
Best Torque LBT 0.0780-0.0800 FA or 0.85-0.9
Lambda - Thermal Enrichment Fuel added for cooling due
to component temperature limit - Injector Pulse Width - Time Injector is Open
25Combustion Terms continued
- Spark Advance Timing in crank degrees prior to
TDC for start of combustion event (ignition)
- MBT Spark Maximum Brake Torque Spark
Minimum Spark Advance to
Achieve Best Torque - Burn Rate Speed of Combustion Expressed as
a fraction of total heat released versus crank
degrees - MAP - Manifold Absolute Pressure Absolute
not Gauge (does not reference barometer)
26Combustion Terms continued
- Knock Autoignition of end-gasses in combustion
chamber, causing extreme rates of pressure rise. - Knock Limit Spark - Maximum Spark Allowed due to
Knock can be higher or lower than MBT - Pre-Ignition Autoignition of mixture prior to
spark timing, typically due to high temperatures
of components - Combustion Stability Cycle to cycle variation
in burn rate, trapped mass, location of peak
pressure, etc. The lower the variation the
better the stability.
27Engine Architecture Influence on Performance
- Intake Exhaust Manifold Tuning
- Cylinder Filling Emptying
- Momentum
- Pressure Wave
- Aerodynamics
- Flow Separation
- Wall Friction
- Junctions Bends
- Induction Restriction
- Exhaust Restriction (Backpressure)
- Compression Ratio
- Valve Events
28Intake Tuning for WOT Performance
- Intake manifolds have ducts (runners) that tune
at frequencies corresponding to engine speed,
like an organ pipe - Longer runners tune at lower frequencies
- Shorter runners tune at higher frequencies
- Tuning increases local pressure at intake valve
thereby increasing flow rate - Duct diameter is a trade-off between velocity and
wall friction of passing charge
29Exhaust Tuning for WOT Performance
- Exhaust manifolds tune just as intake manifolds
do, but since no fresh charge is being introduced
as a result not as much impact on volumetric
efficiency (8 maximum for headers) - Catalyst performance usually limits production
exhaust systems that flow acceptably with little
to no tuning
30Tuned Headers
Tuned Headers generally do not appear on
production engines due to the impairment to
catalyst light-off performance (usually a minimum
of 150 additional distance for cold-start
exhaust heat to be lost). Performance can be
enhanced by 3-8 across 60 of the operating
range.
31Momentum Effects
- Pressure loss influences dictate that duct
diameter be as large as possible for minimum
friction - Increasing charge momentum enhances cylinder
filling by extending induction process past
unsteady direct energy transfer of induction
stroke (ie piston motion) - Decreasing duct diameter increases available
kinetic energy for a given mass flux - Therefore duct diameter is a trade-off between
velocity and wall friction of passing charge
32Pressure Wave Effects
- Induction process and exhaust blowdown both cause
pressure pulsations - Abrupt changes of increased cross-section in the
path of a pressure wave will reflect a wave of
opposite magnitude back down the path of the wave - Closed-ended ducts reflect pressure waves
directly, therefore a wave will echo with same
amplitude
33Pressure Wave Effects cont
- Friction decreases energy of pressure waves,
therefore the 1st order reflection is the
strongest but up to 5th order have been
utilized to good effect in high speed engines
(thus active runners in F1 in Y2K) - Plenums also resonate and through superposition
increase the amplitude of pressure waves in
runners small impact relative to runner
geometry
34Effects of Intake Runner Geometry
35Tuning in Production I4 Engine
36Aerodynamics
- Losses due to poor aerodynamics can be equal in
magnitude to the gains from pressure wave tuning - Often the dominant factory in poorly performing
OE components - If properly designed, flow of a single-entry
intake manifold can approach 98 of an ideal
entrance on a cylinder head port (steady state on
a flow bench)
37Aerodynamics cont
- Flow Separation
- Literally same phenomenon as stall in wing
elements pressure in free stream insufficient
to push flow along wall of short side radius - Recirculation pushes flow away from wall, thereby
reducing effective cross-section so-called vena
contracta - Simple guidelines can prevent flow separation in
ducts studies performed by NACA in the 1930s
empirically established the best duct
configurations
38Aerodynamics cont
- Wall Friction
- Surface finish of ducts need to be as smooth as
possible to prevent tripping of flow on a macro
level - Junctions Bends
- Everything from your fluid dynamics textbook
applies - Radiused inlets and free-standing pipe outlets
- Minimize number of bends
- Avoid S bends if at all possible
39Induction Restriction
- Air cleaner and intake manifolds provide some
resistance to incoming charge - Power loss related to restriction almost directly
a function of ratio between manifold pressure
(plenum pressure upstream of runners) and
atmospheric
40Exhaust Restriction
41Compression Ratio
- The highest possible compression ratio is always
the design point, as higher will always be more
thermally efficient with better idle quality - Knock limits compression ratio because of
combustion stability issues at low engine speed
due to necessary spark retard - Most engines are designed with higher compression
than is best for low speed combustion stability
because of the associated part-load BSFC benefits
and high speed power
42Valve Events
- Valve events define how an engine breathes all
the time, and so are an important aspect of low
load as well as high load performance - Valve events also effectively define compression
expansion ratio, as compression will not
begin until the piston-cylinder mechanism is
sealed same with expansion
43Valve Event Timing Diagram
- Spider Plot - Describes timing points for valve
events with respect to Crank Position - Cam Centerline - Peak Valve Lift with respect to
TDC in Crank Degrees
44Valve Events for Power
- Maximize Trapping Efficiency
- Intake closing that is best compromise between
compression stroke back flow and induction
momentum (retard with increasing engine speed) - Early intake closing usefulness limited at low
engine speed due to knock limit - Early intake opening will impart some exhaust
blowdown or pressure wave tuning momentum to
intake charge - Maximize Thermal Efficiency
- Earliest intake closing to maximize compression
ratio for best burn rate (optimum is
instantaneous after TDC) - Latest exhaust opening to maximize expansion
ratio for best use of heat energy and lowest EGT
(least thermal protection enrichment beyond LBT)
45Valve Events for Power
- Minimize Flow Loss
- Achieve maximum valve lift (max flow usually at
L/D gt 0.25-0.3) as long as possible (square lift
curves are optimum for poppet valves) - Minimize Exhaust Pumping Work
- Earliest exhaust opening that blows down cylinder
pressure to backpressure levels before exhaust
stroke (advance with increasing engine speed) - Earliest exhaust closing that avoids
recompression spike (retard with increasing
engine speed)
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47Engine Power and BSFC vs Engine Speed
48Summary
- Components Relative Impact on Performance
- Cylinder Head Ports Valve Area
- Valve Events
- Intake Manifold Runner Geometry
- Compression Ratio
- Exhaust Header Geometry
- Exhaust Restriction
- Air Cleaner Restriction
49Powertrain Closing Remarks
- Powertrain is compromise
- Four-stroke engines are volumetric flow rate
devices the only route to more power is
increased engine speed, more valve area or
increased charge density - More speed, charge density or valve area are
expensive or difficult to develop therefore
minimizing losses is the most efficient path
within existing engine architectures - Highest average power during a vehicle
acceleration is fastest peak power values dont
win races
50Break
51Calibration
- What is it?
- Optimizing the control system (once hardware is
finalized) for drivability, durability
emissions - Its just spark and fuel how hard could it be?
- Knowledge of Thermodynamics, Combustion and
Control Theory all play in - Fortunately race engines have no emissions
constraints and use race fuel (usually eliminates
any knock) therefore are relatively easy to
calibrate
52Calibration Terms
- Stoichiometry Chemically correct ratio of fuel
to air for combustion - F/A Fuel/Air Ratio Mass ratio of mixture,
a determination of richness or leanness.
Stoichiometry 0.0688-0.0696 FA - Lambda Excess Air Ratio Stoichiometry 1.0
Lambda - Rich F/A F/A greater than Stoichiometry Rich lt
1.0 Lambda - Lean F/A F/A less than Stoichiometry Lean gt
1.0 Lambda
53Calibration Terms continued
- Brake Power Power measured by the absorber
(brake) at the crankshaft - BSFC - Brake Specific Fuel Consumption Fuel
Mass Flow Rate / Brake Power grams/kW-h or
lbs/hp-h - LBT Fuelling Lean Best Torque
Leanest Fuel/Air to Achieve
Best Torque LBT 0.0780-0.0800 FA or 0.85-0.9
Lambda - Thermal Enrichment Fuel added for cooling due
to exhaust component temperature limit - Injector Pulse Width - Time Injector is Open
54Calibration Terms continued
- Spark Advance Timing in crank degrees prior to
TDC for start of combustion event (ignition)
- MBT Spark - Maximum Brake Torque
Minimum Spark Advance to Achieve
Best Torque - Burn Rate Speed of Combustion Expressed as
a fraction of total heat released versus crank
degrees - MAP - Manifold Absolute Pressure Absolute
not Gauge (which references barometer)
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57Control System Types
- Alpha-N
- Engine Speed Throttle Angle
- Speed-Density
- Engine Speed and MAP/ACT
- MAF
- Engine Speed and MAF
58Alpha-N
- Fuel and spark maps are based on throttle angle
which is very non-linear and requires complete
mapping of engine - Good throttle response once dialed in
- Density compensation (altitude and temperature)
is usually absent needs to be recalibrated
every time car goes out
59Speed-Density
- Fuel and spark maps are based on MAP density of
charge is a strong function of pressure,
corrected by air temp and coolant temp therefore
air flow is simple to calculate - Less time-intensive than Alpha-N, once calibrated
is good most common type of control - Needs less mapping can do WOT line and mid-map
then curve-fit air flow (spark needs a little
more in-depth for optimal control)
60MAF
- Fuel and spark maps are based on MAF airflow
measured directly - MAF sensor isnt the most robust device
- Pressure pulses confuse signal, each application
has to be mapped with secondary damped MAF sensor
(usually a 55 gallon drum inline) - Least noisy signal is usually at air cleaner so
separate transport delay controls need to be
calibrated for transients and leaks need to be
absolutely eliminated - Boosted applications usually add a MAP as well
61Control System Components
- Fuel System
- Injectors, Fuel pump Regulator
- Basic Sensors
- Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) or Mass Air Flow
(MAF) - Crank Position (Rpm TDC)
- Cam Position (Sync)
- Air Charge Temp (ACT)
- Engine Coolant Temp (ECT)
- Knock Sensor
- Lamda Sensor
62Fuel System
- Injectors
- Volumetric flow rate solenoids, linear
relationship between pulsewidth and flow for
given pressure delta - Battery offset is time necessary to open and
close solenoid time is fixed for any voltage - Duty cycle is injector on time itll go static
above 95 - Bernoulli relationship for different pressure
deltas allowing differing flow rates for a
given injector - High impedance injectors have lower dynamic range
and lower amperage and thus less heat in
controller - Fuel Pump Regulator
- Pressure needs to be sufficiently high to prevent
vapour lock (gt4bar) and low enough that engine
can idle - In-tank regulation adds least heat but has
line-loss as flow rate increases, ie fuel
pressure changes with flow - Manifold-referenced regulation can help injectors
achieve higher flow rates at elevated boost or
lower flows at low vacuum making calibration
more complicated
Bernoulli Effect of Fuel Pressure
63Sensors
- Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP)
- A variable-resistance diaphragm with perfect
vacuum on one side and manifold pressure on other - Mass Air Flow (MAF)
- A heating element followed by a
temperature-sensitive element. Heated element is
maintained at a constant temperature and based
upon the measured downstream temperature the mass
flow rate can be determined - Crank Position
- High resolution for spark advance, less-so for
crank speed and with once-per-rev can indicate
TDC - Cam Position
- Low resolution for syncronization for sequential
fuel injection and individual cylinder spark - Air Charge Temp and Engine Coolant Temp
- Thermistors used for air density correction and
startup enrichment
64Sensors, cont
- Knock Sensor
- A piezoelectric load cell that measures
structural vibration. Knock is a pressure wave
that travels at local sonic velocity and rings
at a frequency that is a function of bore
diameter (typically between 14-18kHz). When the
structure of the engine (typically the block) is
hit with this pressure wave it rings as well, but
at a frequency that is a function of the
structure (ie materials and geometry). A FFT
analysis of different mounting positions (nodes
not anti-nodes) is necessary to determine the
center frequency to listen for knock (which is
measured via in-cylinder pressure measurements)
without picking up other structure-borne noise.
65Sensors, cont
- Lamda Sensor (EGO)
- Compares ambient air to exhaust oxygen content
(partial pressure of oxygen). Sensor output is
essentially binary (only indicates rich or lean
of stoichiometry). - Wide-band Lamda Sensor (UEGO)
- Compares partial pressure of oxygen (lean) and
partial pressure of HmCn, H2 CO (rich) with
ambient. Gives output from 0.6 to 2 Lamda.
EGO Schematic
UEGO Schematic
66Calibration Goals
- Combustion Thermodynamics
- Work, Power Mean Effective Pressures
- Knock, Pre-Ignition
- Burn Rate
- Transients
- Wall film
- Thermal Enrichment
- Drivability
67Knock
- Causes of Knock
- Knock f(Time,Temperature,Pressure,Octane)
- Time Higher engine speeds or faster burn rates
reduce knock tendency. Burn rate can come from
multiple spark sources, more compact combustion
chambers or increased turbulence - Temperature Reduced combustion temperatures
reduce knock through reduced charge temperatures
(cooler incoming charge or reduced residual
burned gases), increased evaporative cooling from
richer F/A mixtures and increased combustion
chamber cooling - Pressure Lower cylinder pressures reduce knock
tendency through lower compression ratio or MAP
pressure - Octane Different fuel types have higher or
lower autoignition tendencies. Octane value is
directly related to knocking tendency
68Knock continued
- Effects of Knock
- Disrupts stagnant gases that form boundary layer
at edge of combustion chamber, increasing heat
transfer to components and raising mean
combustion chamber temp that can lead to
pre-ignition - Scours oil film off cylinder wall, leading to dry
friction and increased wear of piston rings - Shockwave can induce vibratory loads into piston
pin, piston pin bore and top land - reducing oil
film thickness and accelerating wear - Shockwave can be strong enough to stress
components to failure
69In-cylinder Pressure Measurement
- Piezoelectric pressure transducers develop charge
with changes in pressure - Installed in combustion chamber wall or spark
plug to measure full-cycle pressures
70Typical pressure probe installation
Passage drilled through deck face (avoiding
coolant jacket)
71Cylinder Pressure Trace No Knock
72Cylinder Pressure Trace Knock Limit or Trace
Knock - Best Power
73Cylinder Pressure TraceSevere Damaging Knock
74Pre-Ignition
- Effects of Pre-Ignition
- Increases peak cylinder pressure by beginning
heat release too soon - Increased cylinder pressure also increases heat
load to combustion chamber components, sustaining
the pre-ignition (leading to run-away
pre-ignition) - Increases loads on piston crown and piston pin
- Sustained pre-ignition will typically put a hole
in the center of the piston crown
75Burn Rate
- Burn Rate f(Spark, Dilution Rate/FA Ratio,
Chamber Volume Distribution, Engine Speed/Mixture
Motion/Turbulent Intensity) - Spark
- Closer to MBT the faster the burn with trace
knock the fastest - Dilution Rate/FA Ratio
- Least dilution (exhaust residual or anything
unburnable) fastest - FA Ratio best rate around LBT
- Chamber Volume Distribution
- Smallest chamber with shortest flame path best
(multiple ignition sources shorten flame path) - Engine Speed/Mixture Motion/Turbulent Intensity
- Crank angle time for complete burn nearly
constant with increasing engine speed indicating
other factors speeding burn rate - Mixture motion-contributed angular momentum
conserved as cylinder volume decreases during
compression stroke, eventually breaking down into
vortices around TDC increasing kinetic energy in
charge - Turbulent Intensity a measure of total kinetic
energy available to move flame front faster than
laminar flame speed. More Turbulent Intensity
equals faster burn.
76Combustion Thermodynamics Summary
- Peak Specific Power
- LBT fuelling for best compromise between
available oxygen and charge density - MBT spark if possible, fast burn rate assumed at
peak load - Highest engine speed to allow highest compression
ratio - Highest octane
- Peak Thermal Efficiency at desired load
- Highest compression ratio will have best
combustion, usually with highest expansion ratio
for best use of thermal energy - MBT spark with fastest burn rate
- 10 lean of stoichiometry will provide best
compromise between heat losses and pumping work,
but not used because of catalyst performance
impacts in pass cars
77Transient Fuelling
- Liquid fuel does not burn, only fuel vapour
- Heat from somewhere must be used to make vapour
which is why up to 500 more fuel must be used on
a cold start to provide sufficient vapour for
engine to run (relationship between temperature
and partial pressure of fuel fractions) - Most of heat during fully warm operation comes
from back side of intake valve and port walls - Because of geometry a large portion of fuel wets
wall this film travels at some fraction of free
stream. Therefore some fuel from every pulse
goes into engine and some onto port wall. - On a fast acceleration, additional fuel must be
added to offset the slowly moving wall film.
Opposite true on decels. - If injector is positioned far upstream volumetric
efficiency increases due fuel heat of
vapourization cooling incoming charge, but a
large amount of wall is wetted leading to poor
transient fuel control
78Injector Targeting
Bad Tip Location
Better Tip Location
Targets Valve
Targets Port Wall
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80Thermal Enrichment
- Durability
- Combustion temperatures can reach 4000 deg K and
drop to 1800 deg K before Exhaust Valve Opening
(EVO) - Materials must operate at sufficiently low
temperature to maintain strength, so Exhaust Gas
Temperature (EGT) limits must be adhered to for
sufficient durability - Usually 950 deg C runner temperature is
acceptable for a developed package, as low as 800
deg C for undeveloped components may be necessary - Primary path for cooling is additional fuel
beyond LBT, as heat of vapourization cools the
charge before ignition (pressure-charged engines
primarily)
81Drivability
- Throttle Response
- Drivers expect some repeatability and resolution
of thrust versus pedal position some degree of
spark mapping (retard) and pedal to throttle cam
can help a drivers confidence - Usually least developed and of most importance is
tip-in (throttle closed to small opening) where
torque can come in as a step change
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83Closing Remarks
- Calibration is compromise
- Best spark for drivability may not produce
sufficient combustion stability or fuel
consumption - Best fuelling for drivability is voracious fuel
consumer - decel fuel shut off can improve
economy by 20 but has tip-in torque bumps
without careful calibration
84References
- Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, John B
Heywood, 1988 McGraw-Hill - The Design and Tuning of Competition Engines
Sixth Edition, Philip H Smith, 1977 Robert
Bentley - The Development of Piston Aero Engines, Bill
Gunston, 1993 Haynes Publishing - Design and Simulation of Four-Stroke Engines,
Gordon P. Blair, 1999 SAE - Advanced Engine Technology, Heinz Heisler, 1995
SAE - Vehicle and Engine Technology, Heinz Heisler,
1999 SAE
85Q A