摘要:
An air/fuel ratio sensor is controlled such that the oxygen concentration of the measurement gas can be detected from a pump current substantially instantaneously after a heater turns on. In the air/fuel ratio sensor an oxygen pumping cell and an oxygen concentration measuring cell are each formed of a solid electrolytic layer interposed between a pair of porous electrodes. One of the electrodes of each cell defines a measurement gas chamber in which the diffusion of the measurement gas is controlled. After a micro current is supplied to the other electrode of the oxygen concentration measuring cell for a predetermined period of time, thereby forming an internal reference oxygen source, the supply of the micro current is stopped and at the same time a pump current in the oxygen pumping cell starts to be controlled until the interelectrode voltage of the oxygen concentration measuring cell reaches a target voltage. After the air/fuel ratio sensor is activated, the supply of the micro current is restarted.
摘要:
An air/fuel ratio sensor is controlled such that the oxygen concentration of the measurement gas can be detected from a pump current substantially instantaneously after a heater turns on. In the air/fuel ratio sensor an oxygen pumping cell and an oxygen concentration measuring cell are each formed of a solid electrolytic layer interposed between a pair of porous electrodes. One of the electrodes of each cell defines a measurement gas chamber in which the diffusion of the measurement gas is controlled. After a micro current is supplied to the other electrode of the oxygen concentration measuring cell for a predetermined period of time, thereby forming an internal reference oxygen source, the supply of the micro current is stopped and at the same time a pump current in the oxygen pumping cell starts to be controlled until the interelectrode voltage of the oxygen concentration measuring cell reaches a target voltage. After the air/fuel ratio sensor is activated, the supply of the micro current is restarted.
摘要:
In a sparkplug voltage probe device which detects a voltage applied to each of spark plugs installed in an internal combustion engine by way of corresponding cables so as to analyse a burning condition in the internal combustion engine on the basis of the voltage applied to each of the spark plugs, an insulator base is attached to the internal combustion engine. An upper surface of the insulator base has a plurality of grooves in which the corresponding cables are placed. An electrode plate is embedded in the insulator base along the grooves to form a static capacity between the electrode plate and the cables. Both sides of the electrode plate are longitudinally extended to be longer than a central portion of the electrode plate to substantially form a capacitance adjusting means so as to even a distribution of the static capacity therebetween.
摘要:
A detector device for mixing ratio of petrol and alcohol or the like comprising; an optically permeable column (3), one end of which has a specular layer (La), and projects to be immersed the outer surface with a mixing liquid of different kinds of components; a light emitting diode (5) placed to face the other end of the optically permeable column so that the light beams therefrom are incident on a boundary (Bo) between the optically permeable column and the mixing liquid, the light beams incident on the boundary at less than a critical angle being totally refracted, while the light beams incident on the boundary at more than a critical angle being totally reflected, the critical angle depending on a mixing degree of the mixing liquid; a photo diode (6) placed on the base plate in coplanar relationship with the light emitting diode so as to receive the light beams reflected at the boundary, or at the specular layer to go back through the column to fall thereon so as to generate an output in accordance with the light intensity received; and the column determining its lengthwise dimension and a radial dimension measured from a point of the light emitting diode to be such as to only include light beams extending from the one which is incident on the boundary at a critical angle to totally reflect only once and reflect back at the specular layer so as to directly fall on the photo diode when one component of the mixing liquid is one specified value, to other light beams which is incident on the boundary at a critical angle to totally reflect only once and reflect back at the specular layer so as to directly fall on the photo diode when the one component of the mixing liquid is other specified value.
摘要:
An NO x sensor capable of accurately determining the concentration of NO x contained in a gas to be analyzed (measurement gas) using a simple circuit. The NO x sensor includes a first measurement space (20) and a second measurement space (26). The first measurement space (20) communicates with the measurement gas via a first diffusion controlling layer (4d), and the second measurement space (26) communicates with the first measurement space via a second diffusion controlling layer (6d). A first pumping current I p1 is controlled such that an output from a Vs cell is used as a reference voltage V co to control the amount of oxygen flowing into the second measurement space (26) at a constant level. A constant voltage is applied to the second pumping cell (8) so as to decompose the NO x component of the measurement gas contained in the second measurement space (26), and to pump out the resulting oxygen from the second measurement space (26). Accordingly, the concentration of NO x contained in the measurement gas can be obtained from second pumping current I p2 . The electrode of the Vs cell located on the side of the first measurement space (20) is formed around the periphery of or on a portion of the diffusion controlling layer (6d) of the Vs cell. As a result, the amount of oxygen flowing from the first measurement space (20) into the second measurement space (26) can be accurately determined by means of the Vs cell. Also, the NO x concentration can be accurately determined without the need for compensation.
摘要:
An air/fuel ratio detection device and an air/fuel ratio control device, in which combustion of an engine is controlled with a simple means and toxic substances in exhaust gas discharged from the engine are reduced. Time A during which a lean signal is at a high level is measured. If the time A is shorter than the predetermined value, it is determined that the air/fuel ratio is richer than a target value, and time B during which an electromagnetic valve 21 is open is lengthened, increasing the quantity of supply air and making leaner the fuel mixed air, such that the target air/fuel ratio is approached. If the time A is longer than the predetermined value, it is determined that the air/fuel ratio is leaner and the time B is shortened.
摘要:
An air/fuel ratio detection device and an air/fuel ratio control device, in which combustion of an engine is controlled with a simple means and toxic substances in exhaust gas discharged from the engine are reduced. Time A during which a lean signal is at a high level is measured. If the time A is shorter than the predetermined value, it is determined that the air/fuel ratio is richer than a target value, and time B during which an electromagnetic valve 21 is open is lengthened, increasing the quantity of supply air and making leaner the fuel mixed air, such that the target air/fuel ratio is approached. If the time A is longer than the predetermined value, it is determined that the air/fuel ratio is leaner and the time B is shortened.