Control of CI Engines for Efficient and Robust Biomass Utilization

Utilizing the biomass derived fuel in CI engines in the most efficient manner is the focus of this work. Since the fuel can dramatically change the combustion and the biomass conversion process is for a specific fuel, both aspects must be examined. How tailor-made fuel properties can be used to optimize engine and exhaust gas aftertreatment efficiency and reduce harmful pollutants will be studied, and feedback and learning control methods developed. Understanding of exhaust gas sensors and their use for engine control to changing conditions and (bio)fuels. The properties of promising fuels and how this affects the biomass to fuel conversion will be considered by working with collaborators.

Alberta Innovates Scholarship

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Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral

David Carl Gordon

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Doctorial Recruitment Scholarship

David Carl Gordon

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Government of Alberta Graduate Citizenship Award

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Government of Alberta Graduate Scholarship

David Carl Gordon

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Graduate Scholarship in Environmental Engineering

David Carl Gordon

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International Exchange Award

David Carl Gordon

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J Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award

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Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship

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Westmoreland Coal Company Graduate Scholarship in Environmental Engineering

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Symposium for Combustion Control (SCC) 2018

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

A Variable-Potential Amperometric Hydrocarbon Sensor

Charles Robert Koch

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

A control oriented diesel engine NOx emission model for on board diagnostics and engine control with sensor feedback

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

A correlation-based model order reduction approach for a diesel engine NOx and brake mean effective pressure dynamic model using machine learning

Charles Robert Koch

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

A grey-box machine learning based model of an electrochemical gas sensor

Charles Robert Koch

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

AAC 2019

Charles Robert Koch

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Amperometric solid electrolyte {NOx} sensors - The effect of temperature and diffusion mechanisms

Charles Robert Koch

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

An electrochemical model of an amperometric NOx sensor

Charles Robert Koch

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Approximate moving horizon estimation for switching conservative linear infinite-dimensional systems

Charles Robert Koch

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Axial insulation rings - testing and simulation of pressure drop and temperature transients in engine exhaust catalysts

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

CCECE 2019

Charles Robert Koch

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Characterization of the Exhaust Flow through the Diesel Oxidation Catalyst

Master Thesis

Cold Climate Impact on Air-Pollution-Related Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review

Charles Robert Koch, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Combustion Institute Canadian Section (CICS) 2018

Charles Robert Koch

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Combustion Institute Canadian Section (CICS) 2019

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

D. Gordon 1 year in Aachen

David Carl Gordon

Visiting Researcher (outgoing)

DME Sustainable Mobility Workshop

David Carl Gordon

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Deep Neural Network based Performance and Emission Modelling

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Edward Sperling

Conference Proceedings

Deep learning based model predictive control for compression ignition engines

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Development and Experimental Validation of an FPGA Based In-Cycle Direct Water Injection Control Strategy for HCCI Combustion Stability

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Conference Proceedings

Development and experimental validation of a field programmable gate array–based in-cycle direct water injection control strategy for homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion stability

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Development and experimental validation of a real-time capable field programmable gate array\textendash based gas exchange model for negative valve overlap

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

End-to-End Deep Neural Network Based Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: Experimental Implementation on Diesel Engine Emission Control

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Evaluation of ASTM D6424 standard for knock analysis using unleaded fuel candidates on a six cylinder aircraft engine

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Evaluation of the Potential of Direct Water Injection in HCCI Combustion

David Carl Gordon

Conference Proceedings

Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Natural Gas RCCI on a Modifed GDI Engine using NVO

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Gordon Aachen 2017

David Carl Gordon

Visiting Researcher (outgoing)

HCCI Modeling and Control Strategies Utilizing Water Injection

David Carl Gordon

Master Thesis

Homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion stability improvement using a rapid ignition system

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Hybrid Machine Learning Approaches and a Systematic Model Selection Process for Predicting Soot Emissions in Compression Ignition Engines

Charles Robert Koch, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Hybrid emission and combustion modeling of hydrogen fueled engines

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Hydrogen-Diesel Dual Fuel Combustion Characterization for an Internal Combustion Engine

Master Thesis

Imitative Learning Control of a LSTM-NMPC Controller on PEM Fuel Cell for Computational Cost Reduction

Charles Robert Koch, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Alireza Salahi

Conference Proceedings

In-cycle control for stabilization of homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion using direct water injection

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Industry Mixer Lightning Posters

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Other Event

Integral discrete-time sliding mode control of homogeneous charge compression ignition (hcci) engine load and combustion timing

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Integrating Machine Learning and Model Predictive Control for automotive applications: A review and future directions

Charles Robert Koch, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Integration of PD-type Iterative Learning Control with Adaptive Sliding Mode Control

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Investigating the effect of temperature on NOx sensor cross sensitivity to ammonia using a physic-based model

Charles Robert Koch

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Investigating the effect of temperature on NOx sensor cross sensitivity to ammonia using a physics based model

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Journal of Aerosol Science

Charles Robert Koch, Jason Scott Olfert

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Laminar Flame Speed modeling for Low Carbon Fuels using methods of Machine Learning

Charles Robert Koch, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

MPC implementation for HCCI Combustion using a Deep Neural Network based model

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Edward Sperling

Conference Proceedings

Machine Learning Integrated with Model Predictive Control for Imitative Optimal Control of Compression Ignition Engines

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Modeling and Control of Internal Combustion Engines

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Machine learning-based diesel engine-out NOx reduction using a plug-in PD-type iterative learning control

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Conference Proceedings

Meet with collaborators

Charles Robert Koch

Other Event

Model Predictive Control of Ginzburg-Landau Equation

Charles Robert Koch

Book Chapter

Model Predictive Control of Internal Combustion Engines: A Review and Future Directions

Charles Robert Koch, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Modeling, diagnostics, optimization, and control of internal combustion engines via modern machine learning techniques: A review and future directions

Charles Robert Koch, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

NVO peak pressure based in-cycle control for HCCI combustion using direct water injection

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Conference Proceedings

Performance and Emission Investigation of Hydrogen Diesel Dual Fuel Combustion

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Edward Sperling

Conference Proceedings

Phenomenological model of a solid electrolyte NOx and O2 sensor using temperature perturbation for on-board diagnostics

Charles Robert Koch

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Physics based in-cycle combustion model for real-time online emissions calculation on a prototype homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine

Master Thesis

Production engine emission sensor modeling for in-use measurement and on-board diagnostics

Charles Robert Koch

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Production engine emission sensor modeling for in-use measurement and on-board diagnostics

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

RWTH Aachen Visit

Charles Robert Koch

Other Event

Real-time Control of HCCI Engine Using Model Predictive Control

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Realtime Machine Learning based In-Cycle Control of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition

David Carl Gordon

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Response characteristics of an amperometric NOx-O2 sensor at non diffusion-rate-determining conditions

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Robotic Manipulator Control Using PD-type Fuzzy Iterative Learning Control

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

SCC 2018 in Aachen

Charles Robert Koch

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Safe deep reinforcement learning in diesel engine emission control

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon, Mahdi Shahbakhti

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Support vector machine based emissions modeling using particle swarm optimization for homogeneous charge compression ignition engine

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Support vector machine for a diesel engine performance and NOx emission control-oriented model

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Symmetric Negative Valve Overlap effects on energy distribution of a single cylinder HCCI engine

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Symposium for Combustion Control (SCC) 2017

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Symposium for Combustion Control (SCC) 2019

Charles Robert Koch, David Carl Gordon

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

The Effect of Operating Parameters of an Amperometric NOx-O2 Sensor on the Sensor Response

Charles Robert Koch

Conference Proceedings

Westport 2018

Charles Robert Koch

Other Event