Abstract

AbstractThis paper presents a general‐purpose engine speed control system with an electronic governor in order to improve the current system with a mechanical governor, which shows unstable characteristics as a result of a change in mechanical friction or the A/F ratio (air–fuel ratio). The control system above has the problems that the feedback signal is only the crank angle because of cost, and the controlled object is a general‐purpose engine, which is strongly nonlinear. In order to overcome these problems, a system model is presented for dynamic estimation of the amount of air flow, and a robust controller is designed. In concrete terms, the proposed system includes a robust sliding‐mode controller using the feedback signal of only the crank angle, with a genetic algorithm applied to the controller design. Simulations and experiments performed using Matlab/Simulink show the effectiveness of our proposal. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 179(2): 64–71, 2012; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.21130

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