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AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsJay S. Meldrum, Gary Robert Cygan, JR., Layne K. Wiggins, Bastian Maass
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Computational models and calculations relating to trapped and scavenged air per cylinder (APC) improve scavenging and non-scavenging operational modes of internal combustion engines as well as the transition there-between. Data from sensors which include engine speed, manifold air pressure, barometric pressure, crankshaft position, and valve state are provided to a pair of artificial neural networks. A first neural network utilizes this data to calculate the nominal volume of gas, i.e., air trapped in the cylinder. A second neural network utilizes this data to calculate the trapping ratio. The output of the first network is utilized with the ideal gas law to calculate the actual mass of trapped APC. The actual mass of trapped APC is also divided by the trapping ratio calculated by the second network to determine the total APC and is further utilized to calculate the scavenged APC by subtracting the trapped APC from the total APC.
A method of determining trapped and scavenged air per cylinder in an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of
A method of determining trapped air per cylinder and scavenged air per cylinder in an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of
A method of determining trapped and scavenged air per cylinder in an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of
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