Prediction of Emission Characteristics of Spark Ignition (S.I.) Engines with Premium Level Gasoline-Ethanol-Alkane Blends Using Machine Learning

In the current research work, a single cylinder spark (S.I)ignition engine were used for investigations of premium level gasoline-ethanol-alkane experimentally with different operating conditions e.g. variation spark ignition timing. The Engine Lab and PE3 software were used for engine control and data acquisition system. The data obtained after experimentation were used to predict the engine emissions for different operating conditions. The engine emission characteristics were predicted using three machine learning algorithmsviz linear regression, decision tree and random forest. It was found that emissions characteristics such as carbon monoxide, unburnt hydrocarbon found to be minimum for 24°bTDC experimentally as well as predicted by machine learning algorithms with different operating conditions than other spark timing positions such as 15°, 18°, 21°, 27°, 30° bTDC. All three machine learning algorithms gave better results but the random forest algorithm were more accurate than linear regression and decision trees.