US 10,948,383 B2Granted

Method for controlling engine bench system

AssigneeMeidensha Corporation

InventorTakao Akiyama

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Abstract

This method for controlling an engine bench system is provided with: a speed control step in which speed control of a dynamometer is executed while an engine is maintained in a non-ignition state, and in which the speed control is ended when the rotational speed of the dynamometer has increased to a prescribed speed; a measuring step in which a shaft torque detection signal is acquired during a period from when, as a result of inertia, the rotational speed of the dynamometer is a prescribed measuring start speed until said rotational speed reaches a prescribed measuring end speed; a frequency analyzing step in which the frequency of the signal having the strongest intensity, from among the shaft torque detection signals acquired in the measuring step, is acquired as a resonant frequency; a design step in which a control gain of a dynamometer control device is determined using the acquired resonant frequency.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling an engine bench system that includes a dynamometer coupled with a test piece that includes an engine via a coupling shaft, a shaft torque sensor which generates a shaft torque detection signal according to shaft torque generated at the coupling shaft, and a dynamometer control device which controls the dynamometer based on the shaft torque detection signal, the method comprising:

executing speed control of the dynamometer while maintaining the engine in a non-ignition state, and ending the speed control when a revolution speed of the dynamometer rises up to a predetermined speed;
acquiring a shaft torque detection signal in a period from when the revolution speed of the dynamometer is a predetermined measurement start speed until reaching a predetermined measurement end speed by way of inertia;
acquiring a frequency of a signal having the strongest intensity among acquired shaft torque detection signals, as a resonance frequency;
determining a control gain of the dynamometer control device using the resonance frequency;
and
controlling the dynamometer using the dynamometer control device for which the control gain is determined.

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