摘要:
A system (50) for controlling the temperature of recirculated exhaust gas supplied to an internal combustion engine (50). In one embodiment, the system (50) includes a heat exchanger (56) having the recirculated exhaust gas flowing therethrough and further having coolant fluid flowing therethrough. A control valve is disposed within the flow path of the coolant fluid, and the valve position is modulated to vary the rate of coolant fluid flow through the heat exchanger, thereby controlling the temperature of the recirculated exhaust gas supplied by the heat exchanger. In another embodiment, the heat exchanger defines a number of exhaust gas flow passages therethrough and a number of gas flow control valves are disposed between the exhaust gas inlet of the heat exchanger and the number of exhaust gas flow passages. The exhaust gas flow control valves are selectively actuated to disable exhaust gas flow through any number of subsets of the exhaust gas flow passages, thereby controlling the temperature of recirculated exhaust gas supplied by the heat exchanger.
摘要:
An EGR system for an internal combustion engine has a separate, secondary high-temperature cooling loop (44), in addition to a primary cooling loop (42). In the secondary cooling loop (44), coolant flows through a secondary high-temperature exhaust gas cooler (36), which is located upstream of the primary exhaust gas cooler (38). A large amount of heat is transferred from the exhaust gases to the coolant in the secondary high-temperature cooling loop (44). The heat absorbed by the high-temperature coolant is rejected in a secondary high-temperature radiator (52). Heat absorbed by the primary coolant is rejected in a primary radiator (46). The two radiators (46,52) occupy the same amount of frontal area as a single radiator used in a conventional single-stage EGR cooling system, but overall reject more heat to the ambient. In an alternate arrangement, the EGR system for a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine has a single exhaust gas cooler (136) which is cooled by an EGR cooling loop that is independent of the engine cooling system. The EGR cooling loop includes a secondary radiator (152) located adjacent the primary engine cooling radiator (146), and the two radiators (146,152) together occupy the same frontal area as a single radiator used in a conventional single-stage EGR cooling system, but overall reject more heat to the ambient.
摘要:
An engine cylinder piston connecting rod subassembly, for use in an engine, includes a piston (53), a piston pin (52) and a connecting rod (51). The connecting rod has a piston end portion with a piston pin bore (62). The piston pin is inserted through the piston pin bore and oppositely disposed portions of the piston, for securing the piston and the connecting rod together. Opposite ends of the piston pin bore are machined or profiled with relief portions (60, 61), to allow for piston pin deflection and thereby maximize the load carrying capacity, by providing a greater area of contact. The relief portions can be a curved surface (65) machined as part of the bore, or a plurality of end-to-end angled frustoconical surfaces (66a, 66b, 66c). The relief portions are shaped to correspond to the shape of the corresponding piston pin when under load during normal engine operation.
摘要:
An apparatus for diagnosing and controlling an ignition system of an internal combustion engine includes an ignition coil controllable by an ignition control circuit, a spark voltage sensor electrically connected to the high tension side of the ignition coil secondary and an ion voltage sensor electrically connected to the low tension side of the ignition coil secondary. A computer processes the spark voltage signal by comparing the signal to a number of predefined spark voltage waveforms in memory. If the spark voltage signal matches any of the spark voltage waveforms in memory that correspond to a predefined ignition system failure mode, a corresponding error code is stored in memory. The computer is further operable to process a voltage peak of the spark voltage, wherein the voltage peak corresponds to the breakdown voltage in the spark gap of a spark plug connected to the secondary coil. If the voltage peak exceeds a peak threshold, or if a slope of the spark voltage waveform about the voltage peak is less than a slope threshold, the computer is operable to store a corresponding error code in memory. The computer is also operable to process the ion voltage signal to determine a combustion quality value and a roughness value therefrom. If the combustion quality factor is outside a predefined range or if the roughness value exceeds a roughness threshold, the computer is operable to adjust engine fueling, spark timing and/or spark energy.
摘要:
A premixed-charge compression-ignition engine and control system (10) is provided which effectively initiates combustion by compression-ignition and maintains stable combustion while achieving extremely low oxides of nitrogen emissions, good overall efficiency and acceptable combustion noise and cylinder pressures. The present engine and control system (10) effectively control the combustion history, that is, the time at which combustion occurs, the rate of combustion, the duration of combustion and/or the completeness of combustion, by controlling the operation of certain control variables providing temperature control, pressure control, control of the mixture's autoignition properties and equivalence ratio control. The combustion control system (10) provide active feedback control of the combustion event and includes a sensor, e.g. pressure sensor (16), for detecting an engine operating condition indicative of the combustion history, e.g. the start of combustion, and generating an associated engine operation condition signal (18).
摘要:
An air intake heating and diagnostic system (10) for an internal combustion engine includes a microprocessor based controller (12) for activating electrical heating elements (26 and 28) for a preheat time period prior to starting the engine and for a postheat time period after starting the engine. The controller (12) receives inputs corresponding to intake manifold air temperature, battery temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed, and key switch position. The system (10) continuously monitors the integrity of the various sensors (14,16,18,20), monitors the functionality of the heating elements (26 and 28) during the postheat time period, and warns the vehicle operator by illuminating a "check engine" lamp (38) if certain fault conditions are detected. In both cases, the controller (12) sets fault flags within the controller memory (40) corresponding to the detected fault conditions.
摘要:
Improved fatigue strength properties are achieved in an induction hardened microalloy steel useful for demanding service environments. The microalloy steel has low carbon and sulfur contents, comprising in % by weight, 0.15 % to 0.45 % C, 0.50 % to 1.60 % Mn, up to 0.20 % V, 0.001 % to 0.01 % S, balance Fe. The material is fabricated to a selected configuration, such as an engine crankshaft, for example. Selected surfaces of the fabricated article are hardened by induction heating. The article can be used directly after induction hardening or it may be tempered at low to moderate temperatures of from about 100 °C (200 °F) to 290 °C (550 °F) to achieve a desired surface hardness and compressive residual stress level. The controlled alloy chemistry and low tempering temperature provide a substantial increase in bending fatigue strength over conventional higher carbon grade steels.