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Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2023, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 118-124.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2023.01.014

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Fault diagnosis strategy of electronic control system of active grille shutter

CAO Zijian1(), WU Changshui1,*(), CHEN Li2   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201600, China
    2. Shanghai Hiro Automotive Technologies Co., Ltd, Shanghai 201800, China
  • Received:2022-07-14 Revised:2022-10-17 Online:2023-02-28 Published:2023-03-07
  • Contact: WU Changshui E-mail:1514905266@qq.com;wuchangshui@sues.edu.cn

Abstract:

Active grille shutter (AGS) is an important technical means to improve the fuel economy of automobiles at present. A fault diagnosis strategy applied to its electronic control system was proposed to improve AGS’s reliability and stability. Based on the software architecture of AGS electronic control system, 4 kinds of fault diagnosis mechanisms were designed for fault diagnosis, and corresponding fault protection measures were put forward. An adaptive algorithm of grilles’ boundary position, which can eliminate the error accumulation caused by aging failure of devices and long-term small-angle and high-frequency operation, was designed to reduce the fault false alarm in the diagnosis process. Finally, the fault injection test and fault false alarm test were carried out based on the self-developed bench, and the designed fault diagnosis strategy was verified. The results show that the designed fault diagnosis strategy can quickly and accurately identify and classified the faults, ensuring the error range in normal operation is limited to 5° and improving the reliability of the whole system.

Key words: active grille shutter, software architecture, fault diagnosis, fault injection

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