Combustion diagnosis via block vibration signal in common rail diesel engine

This article presents a diagnostic technique in which nonintrusive measurements are used with the aim of indirect characterization of the combustion process of an internal combustion diesel engine. The developed technique is based on the vibration signal coming from a mono-axial accelerometer placed in a selected location of the engine block. Such a location is able to guarantee high sensitivity to vibration caused by forces directly linked to the combustion process and low sensitivity to all the other excitation sources. The technique is applied to the signals acquired during two series of experimental tests, carried out on the same kind of engine (multi-cylinder diesel engine, equipped with common rail injection system), in two separate engine test facilities in order to test the engine stand-alone and the engine dressed up with the integrated automatic transmission, aimed at reproducing its real operation condition (it is mainly employed in mini-car sector application). The obtained results suggest the potential applicability of the technique both in the laboratory, during the tuning between the injection parameter settings and the engine, and in the regular running condition of the engine for combustion process diagnosis.

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