Natural Gas Engine with Variable Energy Adjustment

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Opportunity

Natural Gas Engine Control System for Stationary Power Generation

Develop the control system on a stationary natural gas engine for Arrow Engine Company. The engine provides power generation in oil and gas exploration sites and must run on the fuel obtained directly from the field. The energy content of the fuel and the level of contaminants varies from site to site. The end customer required adjustable controls to optimize the engine operation for the particular BTU level of the fuel.

Solution

New Eagle provided the engine control module, HMI display and the engine control algorithm and software for a natural gas engine for stationary power generation.

Hardware

New Eagle selected the ECM-0536-48-0701 calibratable electronic control module for the engine control module (ECM). The ECM interfaced with the components of the system and provided an interface to the HMI for field calibration of the engines. New Eagle also helped to define the components of the system and provided the

A KAntrak 2610 module was selected as for the initial HMI display unit for the system. Later, the KAntrak 2610 was replaced by the VeeCAN 320 color display.

Toolchain

The MotoHawk and New Eagle toolchain was employed to acclerate development. Using the Matlab / Simulink environment, the team was able to unit test and integrate the model in the simulation environment. The algorithm was then quickly deployed to the ECM through the integrated build environment.

Calibration manual for a natural gas engine for stationary power generation.

Natural Gas Engine Control System Calibration Manual

Arrow used the MotoTune calibration tool to calibrate the engine parameters. New Eagle supplied Arrow with a calibration manual so that they could properly tune the engine for their application.

Customer

Arrow Engine Company