TY - CHAP TI - Explicit hybrid optimal control of direct injection stratified charge engines ID - eprints522 AV - none KW - Combustion; Control design; Cost function; Engine cylinders; Fuels; Logic; Optimal control; Sparks; Timing; Torque control UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1528920&isnumber=32652 EP - 252 PB - IEEE T2 - Symposium on Industrial Electronics A1 - Giorgetti, Nicoḷ A1 - Bemporad, Alberto A1 - Kolmanovsky, Ilya A1 - Hrovat, Davor SP - 247 CY - 20th-23th June 2005 M1 - 1 N2 - This paper illustrates the application of hybrid modeling and receding horizon optimal control techniques to the problem of air-to-fuel ratio and torque management in advanced technology gasoline direct injection stratified charge (DISC) engines. A DISC engine represents an example of a constrained hybrid system, because it can operate in two discrete modes (stratified and homogeneous) and because the mode-dependent constraints on the air-to-fuel ratio and on the spark timing need to be enforced. The paper extends the prior work by the authors [1] and reports the development of an explicit controller which implements the optimal solution using piecewise affine functions of the state, thereby avoiding the need for on-line optimization. Strategies to simplify the explicit controller by reducing the number of regions in its characterization are discussed. SN - 0-7803-8738-4 Y1 - 2005/// ER -