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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Christopher E. Whitney, Commerce, MI (US);
Sharon L. Storch, Brighton, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A torque requesting module generates a first torque request for a spark ignition engine based on driver input. A torque conversion module converts the first torque request into a second torque request. A setpoint control module, based on the second torque request, generates a mass of air per cylinder (APC) setpoint, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) setpoint, an intake valve phasing setpoint, and an exhaust valve phasing setpoint. A model predictive control (MPC) module: identifies sets of possible target values based on the APC, EGR, intake valve phasing, and exhaust valve phasing setpoints; generates predicted parameters based on a model of the spark ignition engine and the sets of possible target values, respectively; selects one of the sets of possible target values based on the predicted parameters; and sets target values based on the possible target values of the selected one of the sets.