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CALCULATION OF ENGINE PARAMETERS USING RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

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N. A. KELSON

High Performance Computing and Research Support, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

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H. MACINTOSH

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

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M. DAGG

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

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R. HAYWARD

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

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T. BODISCO

School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

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R. J. BROWN

School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219876213440118Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The feasibility of real-time calculation of parameters for an internal combustion engine via reconfigurable hardware implementation is investigated as an alternative to software computation. A detailed in-hardware field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based design is developed and evaluated using input crank angle and in-cylinder pressure data from fully instrumented diesel engines in the QUT Biofuel Engine Research Facility (BERF). Results indicate the feasibility of employing a hardware-based implementation for real-time processing for speeds comparable to the data sampling rate currently used in the facility, with acceptably low level of discrepancies between hardware and software-based calculation of key engine parameters.

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