Date of Award
2012
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
Keywords
Automatic, Control, Dynamometer, Engine, Sequencer, Testing
Supervisor
Ming Zheng
Supervisor
Xiang Chen
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
The work contained in this thesis offers an alternative to the commercial solutions available for automatic engine testing. Both the software and hardware needed for the operation of an engine test cell were designed. The hardware used, employs a distributed architecture to move the acquisition devices as close to the sensors as possible. A test sequencer was developed that allows the creation of complex engine tests. The tests are executed on a real time operating system. This operates in conjunction with a graphical user interface, which runs on Windows. A custom data viewer was created to perform test analysis quickly, as well as identify long term trending in test data. The automated system supports both simple and complex alarming for fault detection. The full solution was installed in three eddy current dynamometer test cells at Ford. It is successfully running twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
Recommended Citation
Fountaine, Anthony Joseph, "Design of an Engine Test Cell Control System" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5358.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5358