Valve Position‐based Control at Engine Key‐on of an Electro‐mechanical Valve Actuator for Camless Engines: A Robust Controller Tuning Via Bifurcation Analysis

Abstract

Electro-mechanical valve actuators (EMVA) formed by two opposed electromagnets and two balanced springs are appealing solutions to implement advanced combustion concepts for camless engines. A crucial control problem for this valve actuator regards the first valve lift manoeuvre (termed 'first catching') to be rapidly performed after each insertion of the engine ignition key, when the EMVA rests at middle position where electromagnets offer low control authority. The control problem is challenging due to system nonlinear behavior. Mathematically, the EMVA system can be assumed to be a spring-mass impacting system affected by a non-smooth friction force and a dynamic saturated magnetic force. In this work an effective valve position-based first catching control strategy is proposed to control the strongly nonlinear system. Bifurcation analysis and parameter space simulations are used to study the closed-loop system behavior and to tune the controller gains as well. The effectiveness of the control approach is validated through numerical simulations of a highly predictive dynamic model of the valve actuator developed by authors in a previous work.

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