Artificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine

The understanding and prediction of NOx emissions formation mechanisms during engine transients are critical to the monitoring of real driving emissions. While many studies focus on the engine out NOx formation and treatment, few studies consider cyclic transient NOx emissions due to the low time re...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fang, X, Zhong, F, Papaioannou, N, Davy, MH, Leach, FCP
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2021
_version_ 1826308726590537728
author Fang, X
Zhong, F
Papaioannou, N
Davy, MH
Leach, FCP
author_facet Fang, X
Zhong, F
Papaioannou, N
Davy, MH
Leach, FCP
author_sort Fang, X
collection OXFORD
description The understanding and prediction of NOx emissions formation mechanisms during engine transients are critical to the monitoring of real driving emissions. While many studies focus on the engine out NOx formation and treatment, few studies consider cyclic transient NOx emissions due to the low time resolution of conventional emission analysers. Increased computational power and substantial quantities of accessible engine testing data have made ANN a suitable tool for the prediction of transient NOx emissions. In this study, the transient predictive ability of artificial neural networks where a large number of engine testing data are available has been studied extensively. Significantly, the proposed transient model is trained from steady-state engine testing data. The trained data with 14 input features are provided with transient signals which are available from most engine testing facilities. With the help of a state-of-art high-speed NOx analyser, the predicted transient NOx emissions are compared with crank-angle resolved NOx measurements taken from a high-speed light duty diesel engine at test conditions both with and without EGR. The results show that the ANN model is capable of predicting transient NOx emissions without training from crank-angle resolved data. Significant differences are captured between the predicted transient and the slow-response NOx emissions (which are consistent with the cycle-resolved transient emissions measurements). A particular strength is found for increasing load steps where the instantaneous NOx emissions predicted by the ANN model are well matched to the fast-NOx analyser measurements. The results of this work indicate that ANN modelling could strongly contribute to the understanding of real driving emissions.
first_indexed 2024-03-07T07:23:39Z
format Journal article
id oxford-uuid:f318f57c-9493-453f-a1c8-00548466ac92
institution University of Oxford
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-07T07:23:39Z
publishDate 2021
publisher SAGE Publications
record_format dspace
spelling oxford-uuid:f318f57c-9493-453f-a1c8-00548466ac922022-11-09T07:01:39ZArtificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engineJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f318f57c-9493-453f-a1c8-00548466ac92EnglishSymplectic ElementsSAGE Publications2021Fang, XZhong, FPapaioannou, NDavy, MHLeach, FCPThe understanding and prediction of NOx emissions formation mechanisms during engine transients are critical to the monitoring of real driving emissions. While many studies focus on the engine out NOx formation and treatment, few studies consider cyclic transient NOx emissions due to the low time resolution of conventional emission analysers. Increased computational power and substantial quantities of accessible engine testing data have made ANN a suitable tool for the prediction of transient NOx emissions. In this study, the transient predictive ability of artificial neural networks where a large number of engine testing data are available has been studied extensively. Significantly, the proposed transient model is trained from steady-state engine testing data. The trained data with 14 input features are provided with transient signals which are available from most engine testing facilities. With the help of a state-of-art high-speed NOx analyser, the predicted transient NOx emissions are compared with crank-angle resolved NOx measurements taken from a high-speed light duty diesel engine at test conditions both with and without EGR. The results show that the ANN model is capable of predicting transient NOx emissions without training from crank-angle resolved data. Significant differences are captured between the predicted transient and the slow-response NOx emissions (which are consistent with the cycle-resolved transient emissions measurements). A particular strength is found for increasing load steps where the instantaneous NOx emissions predicted by the ANN model are well matched to the fast-NOx analyser measurements. The results of this work indicate that ANN modelling could strongly contribute to the understanding of real driving emissions.
spellingShingle Fang, X
Zhong, F
Papaioannou, N
Davy, MH
Leach, FCP
Artificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine
title Artificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine
title_full Artificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine
title_fullStr Artificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine
title_full_unstemmed Artificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine
title_short Artificial neural network (ANN) assisted prediction of transient NOx emissions from a high-speed direct injection (HSDI) diesel engine
title_sort artificial neural network ann assisted prediction of transient nox emissions from a high speed direct injection hsdi diesel engine
work_keys_str_mv AT fangx artificialneuralnetworkannassistedpredictionoftransientnoxemissionsfromahighspeeddirectinjectionhsdidieselengine
AT zhongf artificialneuralnetworkannassistedpredictionoftransientnoxemissionsfromahighspeeddirectinjectionhsdidieselengine
AT papaioannoun artificialneuralnetworkannassistedpredictionoftransientnoxemissionsfromahighspeeddirectinjectionhsdidieselengine
AT davymh artificialneuralnetworkannassistedpredictionoftransientnoxemissionsfromahighspeeddirectinjectionhsdidieselengine
AT leachfcp artificialneuralnetworkannassistedpredictionoftransientnoxemissionsfromahighspeeddirectinjectionhsdidieselengine