Air Hybrid Engine Torque Control Using Adaptive Sliding Mode Control

In this work, a new air hybrid engine configuration is introduced in which two throttles are used to manage the engine load in three modes of operation i.e. braking, air motor, and conventional mode. A Mean Value Model (MVM) of the engine is developed at braking mode and a new Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller (ASMC), recently proposed in the literature, is applied to control the engine torque at this mode. The results show that the controller performs remarkably well in terms of the robustness, tracking error convergence and disturbance attenuation. Chattering effect is also removed by utilizing the ASMC scheme.Copyright © 2010 by ASME