Research Article

Multiple Model Predictive Functional Control for Marine Diesel Engine

Figure 3

Schematic diagram of the marine diesel engine in a ship for propulsion using. Note. denotes the mass flow rate from volume “” to volume “. represents the whole mass flow rate injected into the cylinders. and are temperature and pressure in intake manifold, respectively. and are temperature and pressure in exhaust manifold, respectively. is the coolant temperature. and are temperature and pressure at the outlet of the compressor, respectively.