Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	GR/S06172/01
Title:	' ExTraCal ' - Expert Knowledge Based Transient Calibration of Passenger Car Engines
Principal Investigator:	Brace, Professor C
Other Investigators:
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:	Cosworth Technology Ltd CP Engineering
Department:	Mechanical Engineering
Organisation:	University of Bath
Scheme:	First Grant Scheme Pre-FEC
Starts:	01 July 2003	Ends:	30 June 2006	Value (£):	119,648
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Combustion Mech. & Fluid Power Transmiss.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Transport Systems and Vehicles
Related Grants:
Panel History:
Summary on Grant Application Form
The objective of the proposed research is to apply expert knowledge based techniques to the automatic optimisation and calibration of passenger car engines operating under transient conditions. The aim is to improve on the high levels of fuel economy and driveability achieved by an expert calibration engineer within a significantly faster and more efficient automated process.Two key applications of knowledge based techniques within the work are the representation of subjective driveability and the control of the optimisation process. The first will combine expert opinion with correlations between subjective and objective data, allowing driveability to be targeted by the optimisation process along with harmful emissions and fuel economy. The second will use expert knowledge to direct the optimisation process, improving its efficiency and leading to better optimisation than currently achieved by either automated or manual techniques in isolation.A large proportion of the funding requested will be used to upgrade a test facility at the University, allowing dynamic testing to be performed during the proposed research as well as future investigations. Cosworth Technology and CP Engineering will contribute to the research and exploit the results. It is considered that the result will be a major enhancement in the quality and efficiency of the engine calibration process.
Key Findings
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Potential use in non-academic contexts
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Impacts
Description This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk Summary Date Materialised
Sectors submitted by the Researcher
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Project URL:
Further Information:
Organisation Website:	http://www.bath.ac.uk