Title :
Development of an electronic management system for a rotary combustion engine
Author :
Giordani Andreoli, Alexandre ; Da Silva Stein, Fabricio ; Pereira, Carlos E.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abstract :
Nowadays the electricity generation is a commonly discussed subject. A large number of studies about converting mechanical energy into electrical energy are done. However, there is also the need for studying new internal combustion engines so the chemical energy can be more efficiently converted into mechanical energy or movement. This article describes the development of an electronic management system for an embedded control and management of a new concept spark ignition rotary engine prototype for a promising use in electrical energy generation. The embedded software creating will be explained since its project thru its implementation. Several aspects of implementation will be discussed, from the hardware, like choosing the microcontroller between PIC18F4550 to Arduino Uno, Mega 2560 and Due, to discussing deep aspects of the embedded software programming code. At the end, results of how the system operated will be presented and discussed.
Keywords :
electronic engineering computing; embedded systems; internal combustion engines; microcontrollers; programming; Arduino Uno microcontroller; Due microcontroller; Mega 2560 microcontroller; PIC18F4550 microcontroller; chemical energy; electrical energy; electricity generation; electronic management system; embedded software programming code; energy conversion; internal combustion engine; mechanical energy; rotary combustion engine; spark ignition rotary engine; Embedded software; Energy management; Fuels; Hardware; Ignition; Microcontrollers; Arduino; electronic management system; embedded control; embedded software; rotary engine;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2014 12th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Porto Alegre
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2014.6945498