Combustion control of the Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition dynamics

Abstract: The HCCI engine has potential to replace the spark ignition and compression ignition engines of today. One of the main problems in making the engine commercially attractive is that there are no direct means of controlling the ignition phasing. This thesis attempts to describe a method for system identification of the HCCI process, and development of an effective LQG regulator for the combustion process. Matlab and Simulink are used in computations and simulations.