Fuzzy robust tracking control with pole placement for a Turbocharged diesel engine

This paper addresses the modeling and control of the air path system of diesel engines. We propose robust control for the diesel engine equipped with Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) and Variable Geometry Turbocharger (VGT) systems. The goal is to control carefully the air flow for a diesel engine to reduce emissions of pollutant particles and fuel consumption. A mean value model of the air loop is considered and rewriten using fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno (TS) approach. A control strategy based in Lyapunov function and pole placement in LMI regions (Linear Matrix Inequalities) is developed. It takes into account the variation of the engine speed. The goal is to design a robust control law that tracks some reference signals. The effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy tracking controllers in the system diesel engine is demonstrated through numerical simulations.