Abstract: In diesel engines, applying design techniques such as computer simulations has become a necessity in view of the fact that these methods can result in small amounts of NOx and SOOT and a reasonable fuel economy. To achieve such a target, multi-objective optimization methodology is a good choice In this paper, this technique is implemented on a closed cycle two-zone combustion model of a DI diesel engine. The combustion model is developed by Matlab programming and validated by a single cylinder Ricardo data obtained from the engine. The main outputs of this model are NOx, SOOT and engine performance. The optimization goal is to minimize NOx and SOOT at the same time while maximizing engine performance. Injection timing, injection duration and AFR (Air-fuel ratio) are selected from engine inputs as design variables. A neural network model of the engine is developed based on model data as an alternative for the complicated and time-consuming combustion model in a wide range of engine operation. Design variables are optimized using GA (Genetic Algorithm). Here, three common algorithms for multi-objective optimization, MOGA, NSGA-II, and SPEA2+ are applied and the results are compared.

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Ref.: International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems 2008 Oct. 14-17, 2008 in COEX, Seoul, Korea