Sensors for heavy duty engines and vehicles

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5742930

Wolber, W G

The use of microcomputer controls, monitors and displays is now common in passenger cars and heavy agricultural equipment, and a great deal of effort is in process to develop similar systems for line-haul trucks and other applications of heavy-duty diesel engines. This paper is one of a series of SAE overview papers which the author has presented, documenting progress in the use of sensors for the control of vehicles, and especially for engine control. Specifically, this paper treats the robust sensors being applied to heavy-duty diesel engine control and other heavy-duty vehicle controls both on and off the road. How these sensors must differ from light vehicle control sensors and the concepts favored for pressure, temperature, speed, and timing measurement control are emphasized.

• OSTI ID: 5742930
• Report Number(s): CONF-8704134-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AUTOMOBILES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
COMPUTERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DIESEL ENGINES
DISPLAY DEVICES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENGINES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
MONITORING
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
REVIEWS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
TIMING PROPERTIES
TRUCKS
USES
VEHICLES