1 /*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
5 Date started: 09/12/2000
6 Purpose: This module models a Piston engine
8 ------------- Copyright (C) 2000 Jon S. Berndt (jsb@hal-pc.org) --------------
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27 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
30 This class descends from the FGEngine class and models a Piston engine based on
31 parameters given in the engine config file for this class
34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
35 09/12/2000 JSB Created
37 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
39 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%*/
42 #include "FGPropulsion.h"
44 static const char *IdSrc = "$Id$";
45 static const char *IdHdr = ID_PISTON;
47 /*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
49 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%*/
51 FGPiston::FGPiston(FGFDMExec* exec, FGConfigFile* Eng_cfg)
53 //these must be initialized this way as they are declared const
54 CONVERT_CUBIC_INCHES_TO_METERS_CUBED(1.638706e-5),
56 rho_fuel(800), // estimate
57 calorific_value_fuel(47.3e6),
64 MinManifoldPressure_inHg=6.5;
65 MaxManifoldPressure_inHg=28.5;
74 Name = Eng_cfg->GetValue("NAME");
75 Eng_cfg->GetNextConfigLine();
76 while (Eng_cfg->GetValue() != string("/FG_PISTON")) {
78 if (token == "MINMP") *Eng_cfg >> MinManifoldPressure_inHg;
79 else if (token == "MAXMP") *Eng_cfg >> MaxManifoldPressure_inHg;
80 else if (token == "DISPLACEMENT") *Eng_cfg >> Displacement;
81 else if (token == "MAXHP") *Eng_cfg >> MaxHP;
82 else if (token == "CYCLES") *Eng_cfg >> Cycles;
83 else if (token == "IDLERPM") *Eng_cfg >> IdleRPM;
84 else if (token == "MAXTHROTTLE") *Eng_cfg >> MaxThrottle;
85 else if (token == "MINTHROTTLE") *Eng_cfg >> MinThrottle;
86 else if (token == "SLFUELFLOWMAX") *Eng_cfg >> SLFuelFlowMax;
87 else cerr << "Unhandled token in Engine config file: " << token << endl;
91 cout << "\n Engine Name: " << Name << endl;
92 cout << " MinManifoldPressure: " << MinManifoldPressure_inHg << endl;
93 cout << " MaxManifoldPressure: " << MaxManifoldPressure_inHg << endl;
94 cout << " Displacement: " << Displacement << endl;
95 cout << " MaxHP: " << MaxHP << endl;
96 cout << " Cycles: " << Cycles << endl;
97 cout << " IdleRPM: " << IdleRPM << endl;
98 cout << " MaxThrottle: " << MaxThrottle << endl;
99 cout << " MinThrottle: " << MinThrottle << endl;
100 cout << " SLFuelFlowMax: " << SLFuelFlowMax << endl;
105 EngineNumber = 0; // FIXME: this should be the actual number
106 OilTemp_degK = 298; // FIXME: should be initialized in FGEngine
111 volumetric_efficiency = 0.8; // Actually f(speed, load) but this will get us running
113 // First column is thi, second is neta (combustion efficiency)
114 Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency = new FGTable(12);
115 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 0.00 << 0.980;
116 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 0.90 << 0.980;
117 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.00 << 0.970;
118 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.05 << 0.950;
119 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.10 << 0.900;
120 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.15 << 0.850;
121 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.20 << 0.790;
122 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.30 << 0.700;
123 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.40 << 0.630;
124 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.50 << 0.570;
125 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 1.60 << 0.525;
126 *Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency << 2.00 << 0.345;
129 cout << " Combustion Efficiency table:" << endl;
130 Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency->Print();
133 Power_Mixture_Correlation = new FGTable(13);
134 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << (14.7/1.6) << 78.0;
135 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 10 << 86.0;
136 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 11 << 93.5;
137 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 12 << 98.0;
138 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 13 << 100.0;
139 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 14 << 99.0;
140 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 15 << 96.4;
141 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 16 << 92.5;
142 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 17 << 88.0;
143 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 18 << 83.0;
144 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 19 << 78.5;
145 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << 20 << 74.0;
146 *Power_Mixture_Correlation << (14.7/0.6) << 58;
149 cout << " Power Mixture Correlation table:" << endl;
150 Power_Mixture_Correlation->Print();
153 if (debug_lvl & 2) cout << "Instantiated: FGPiston" << endl;
156 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
158 FGPiston::~FGPiston()
160 if (debug_lvl & 2) cout << "Destroyed: FGPiston" << endl;
163 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
165 double FGPiston::Calculate(double PowerRequired)
168 // FIXME: calculate from actual fuel flow
171 Throttle = FCS->GetThrottlePos(EngineNumber);
172 Mixture = FCS->GetMixturePos(EngineNumber);
178 p_amb = Atmosphere->GetPressure() * 48; // convert from lbs/ft2 to Pa
179 p_amb_sea_level = Atmosphere->GetPressureSL() * 48;
180 T_amb = Atmosphere->GetTemperature() * (5.0 / 9.0); // convert from Rankine to Kelvin
182 RPM = Propulsion->GetThruster(EngineNumber)->GetRPM();
183 //if (RPM < IdleRPM) RPM = IdleRPM; // kludge
185 IAS = Auxiliary->GetVcalibratedKTS();
187 if (Mixture >= 0.5) {
189 doManifoldPressure();
201 PowerAvailable = (HP * hptoftlbssec) - PowerRequired;
202 return PowerAvailable;
205 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
207 * Start or stop the engine.
210 void FGPiston::doEngineStartup(void)
212 // TODO: check magnetos, spark, starter, etc. and decide whether
215 // Check parameters that may alter the operating state of the engine.
216 // (spark, fuel, starter motor etc)
221 Magneto_Left = false;
222 Magneto_Right = false;
223 // Magneto positions:
232 } // neglects battery voltage, master on switch, etc for now.
234 if ((Magnetos == 1) || (Magnetos > 2)) Magneto_Left = true;
235 if (Magnetos > 1) Magneto_Right = true;
237 // Assume we have fuel for now
240 // Check if we are turning the starter motor
241 if (Cranking != Starter) {
242 // This check saves .../cranking from getting updated every loop - they
243 // only update when changed.
248 //Check mode of engine operation
249 // ACK - unfortunately this hack doesn't work in JSBSim since the RPM is reset
250 // each iteration by the propeller :-(
258 // consider making a horrible noise if the starter is engaged with
259 // the engine running
261 // TODO - find a better guess at cranking speed
264 // if ((!Running) && (spark) && (fuel) && (crank_counter > 120)) {
266 if ((!Running) && (spark) && (fuel)) {
267 // start the engine if revs high enough
269 // For now just instantaneously start but later we should maybe crank for
276 if ( (Running) && ((!spark)||(!fuel)) ) {
278 // note that we only cut the power - the engine may continue to
279 // spin if the prop is in a moving airstream
283 // And finally a last check for stalling
285 //Check if we have stalled the engine
288 } else if ((RPM <= 480) && (Cranking)) {
289 // Make sure the engine noise dosn't play if the engine won't
290 // start due to eg mixture lever pulled out.
296 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
299 * Calculate the nominal manifold pressure in inches hg
301 * This function calculates nominal manifold pressure directly
302 * from the throttle position, and does not adjust it for the
303 * difference between the pressure at sea level and the pressure
304 * at the current altitude (that adjustment takes place in
305 * {@link #doEnginePower}).
307 * TODO: changes in MP should not be instantaneous -- introduce
308 * a lag between throttle changes and MP changes, to allow pressure
309 * to build up or disperse.
311 * Inputs: MinManifoldPressure_inHg, MaxManifoldPressure_inHg, Throttle
313 * Outputs: ManifoldPressure_inHg
316 void FGPiston::doManifoldPressure(void)
318 ManifoldPressure_inHg = MinManifoldPressure_inHg +
319 (Throttle * (MaxManifoldPressure_inHg - MinManifoldPressure_inHg));
322 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
324 * Calculate the air flow through the engine.
326 * Inputs: p_amb, R_air, T_amb, ManifoldPressure_inHg, Displacement,
327 * RPM, volumetric_efficiency
329 * Outputs: rho_air, m_dot_air
332 void FGPiston::doAirFlow(void)
334 rho_air = p_amb / (R_air * T_amb);
335 double rho_air_manifold = rho_air * ManifoldPressure_inHg / 29.6;
336 double displacement_SI = Displacement * CONVERT_CUBIC_INCHES_TO_METERS_CUBED;
337 double swept_volume = (displacement_SI * (RPM/60)) / 2;
338 double v_dot_air = swept_volume * volumetric_efficiency;
339 m_dot_air = v_dot_air * rho_air_manifold;
342 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
344 * Calculate the fuel flow into the engine.
346 * Inputs: Mixture, thi_sea_level, p_amb_sea_level, p_amb, m_dot_air
348 * Outputs: equivalence_ratio, m_dot_fuel
351 void FGPiston::doFuelFlow(void)
353 double thi_sea_level = 1.3 * Mixture;
354 equivalence_ratio = thi_sea_level * p_amb_sea_level / p_amb;
355 m_dot_fuel = m_dot_air / 14.7 * equivalence_ratio;
358 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
360 * Calculate the power produced by the engine.
362 * <p>Currently, the JSBSim propellor model does not allow the
363 * engine to produce enough RPMs to get up to a high horsepower.
364 * When tested with sufficient RPM, it has no trouble reaching
367 * Inputs: ManifoldPressure_inHg, p_amb, p_amb_sea_level, RPM, T_amb,
368 * equivalence_ratio, Cycles, MaxHP
370 * Outputs: Percentage_Power, HP
373 void FGPiston::doEnginePower(void)
375 double True_ManifoldPressure_inHg = ManifoldPressure_inHg * p_amb / p_amb_sea_level;
376 double ManXRPM = True_ManifoldPressure_inHg * RPM;
377 // FIXME: this needs to be generalized
378 Percentage_Power = (6e-9 * ManXRPM * ManXRPM) + (8e-4 * ManXRPM) - 1.0;
379 double T_amb_degF = (T_amb * 1.8) - 459.67;
380 double T_amb_sea_lev_degF = (288 * 1.8) - 459.67;
382 Percentage_Power + ((T_amb_sea_lev_degF - T_amb_degF) * 7 /120);
383 double Percentage_of_best_power_mixture_power =
384 Power_Mixture_Correlation->GetValue(14.7 / equivalence_ratio);
386 Percentage_Power * Percentage_of_best_power_mixture_power / 100.0;
387 if (Percentage_Power < 0.0)
388 Percentage_Power = 0.0;
389 else if (Percentage_Power > 100.0)
390 Percentage_Power = 100.0;
391 HP = Percentage_Power * MaxHP / 100.0;
397 HP = 3.0 + ((480 - RPM) / 10.0);
402 // Quick hack until we port the FMEP stuff
411 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
413 * Calculate the exhaust gas temperature.
415 * Inputs: equivalence_ratio, m_dot_fuel, calorific_value_fuel,
416 * Cp_air, m_dot_air, Cp_fuel, m_dot_fuel, T_amb, Percentage_Power
418 * Outputs: combustion_efficiency, ExhaustGasTemp_degK
421 void FGPiston::doEGT(void)
423 combustion_efficiency = Lookup_Combustion_Efficiency->GetValue(equivalence_ratio);
424 double enthalpy_exhaust = m_dot_fuel * calorific_value_fuel *
425 combustion_efficiency * 0.33;
426 double heat_capacity_exhaust = (Cp_air * m_dot_air) + (Cp_fuel * m_dot_fuel);
427 double delta_T_exhaust = enthalpy_exhaust / heat_capacity_exhaust;
428 ExhaustGasTemp_degK = T_amb + delta_T_exhaust;
429 ExhaustGasTemp_degK *= 0.444 + ((0.544 - 0.444) * Percentage_Power / 100.0);
432 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
434 * Calculate the cylinder head temperature.
436 * Inputs: T_amb, IAS, rho_air, m_dot_fuel, calorific_value_fuel,
437 * combustion_efficiency, RPM
439 * Outputs: CylinderHeadTemp_degK
442 void FGPiston::doCHT(void)
448 double arbitary_area = 1.0;
449 double CpCylinderHead = 800.0;
450 double MassCylinderHead = 8.0;
452 double temperature_difference = CylinderHeadTemp_degK - T_amb;
453 double v_apparent = IAS * 0.5144444;
454 double v_dot_cooling_air = arbitary_area * v_apparent;
455 double m_dot_cooling_air = v_dot_cooling_air * rho_air;
456 double dqdt_from_combustion =
457 m_dot_fuel * calorific_value_fuel * combustion_efficiency * 0.33;
458 double dqdt_forced = (h2 * m_dot_cooling_air * temperature_difference) +
459 (h3 * RPM * temperature_difference);
460 double dqdt_free = h1 * temperature_difference;
461 double dqdt_cylinder_head = dqdt_from_combustion + dqdt_forced + dqdt_free;
463 double HeatCapacityCylinderHead = CpCylinderHead * MassCylinderHead;
465 CylinderHeadTemp_degK = dqdt_cylinder_head / HeatCapacityCylinderHead;
468 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
470 * Calculate the oil temperature.
472 * Inputs: Percentage_Power, running flag.
474 * Outputs: OilTemp_degK
477 void FGPiston::doOilTemperature(void)
479 double idle_percentage_power = 2.3; // approximately
480 double target_oil_temp; // Steady state oil temp at the current engine conditions
481 double time_constant; // The time constant for the differential equation
484 target_oil_temp = 363;
485 time_constant = 500; // Time constant for engine-on idling.
486 if (Percentage_Power > idle_percentage_power) {
487 time_constant /= ((Percentage_Power / idle_percentage_power) / 10.0); // adjust for power
490 target_oil_temp = 298;
491 time_constant = 1000; // Time constant for engine-off; reflects the fact
492 // that oil is no longer getting circulated
495 double dOilTempdt = (target_oil_temp - OilTemp_degK) / time_constant;
497 OilTemp_degK += (dOilTempdt * dt);
500 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
502 * Calculate the oil pressure.
506 * Outputs: OilPressure_psi
509 void FGPiston::doOilPressure(void)
511 double Oil_Press_Relief_Valve = 60; // FIXME: may vary by engine
512 double Oil_Press_RPM_Max = 1800; // FIXME: may vary by engine
513 double Design_Oil_Temp = 85; // FIXME: may vary by engine
514 // FIXME: WRONG!!! (85 degK???)
515 double Oil_Viscosity_Index = 0.25;
517 OilPressure_psi = (Oil_Press_Relief_Valve / Oil_Press_RPM_Max) * RPM;
519 if (OilPressure_psi >= Oil_Press_Relief_Valve) {
520 OilPressure_psi = Oil_Press_Relief_Valve;
523 OilPressure_psi += (Design_Oil_Temp - OilTemp_degK) * Oil_Viscosity_Index;
526 //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
528 void FGPiston::Debug(void)
530 //TODO: Add your source code here