Abstract:
The present invention provides a DPF failure detection method and a DPF failure detection device, which can be realized with a simple configuration and detect a failure at low cost. The theoretical deposited amount of PM on a DPF 4 is calculated from the operating state of an internal combustion engine 2. The actual deposited amount of the PM on the DPF 4 is measured based on the electrical capacitance of an electrical capacitance type PM sensor 6. When the divergence of the actual deposited amount from the theoretical deposited amount exceeds an allowable limit, it is determined that the DPF 4 has a failure.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine that can improve NOx purification capability. The exhaust gas purification device includes a DPF (16) for capturing PM in an exhaust gas, a urea water spraying unit (21) for spraying urea water into the exhaust gas, an SCR (22) for reducing and purifying NOx in the exhaust gas, electrostatic capacity detecting units (17a, 17b, 41) for detecting the electrostatic capacity of the DPF (16), a DPF temperature estimating unit (43) for estimating the inside temperature of the DPF (16) based on the electrostatic capacity, and a regeneration controlling unit (44) for executing forced DPF (16) regeneration. A target lower limit temperature is defined as temperature to trigger PM combustion, and a target upper limit temperature is defined as temperature to avoid filter erosion. The regeneration controlling unit (44) executes the forced regeneration with an amount of fuel supplied for causing the inside temperature to reach the target lower limit temperature when the inside temperature is at or above the SCR activation temperature, and executes the forced regeneration with another amount of fuel supplied for causing the inside temperature to reach the target upper limit temperature when the inside temperature is below the SCR activation temperature.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to an exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine. An amount of fuel supply during a forced regeneration is optimized, and a fuel efficiency is effectively improved. The exhaust gas purification device includes a filter (16) provided in an exhaust passage (12) of the internal combustion engine (10) for collecting particulate matter in an exhaust gas, an electrostatic capacity detecting unit (17a, 17b, 21) that detects an electrostatic capacity of the filter (16), and a filter regenerating unit (13, 22) that supplies fuel to the filter (16) and executes a forced regeneration to burn and remove particulate matter that has accumulated in the filter (16). The filter regenerating unit (13, 22) stops supplying fuel when a rate of decrease in the detected electrostatic capacity per predetermined period of time reaches or falls below a predetermined lower threshold, which indicates a drop in burning efficiency of the particulate matter, while the forced regeneration is being executed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an exhaust gas purification device that effectively detects an amount of ash collected and accumulated in a DPF. The exhaust gas purification device includes the DPF (16) for collecting PM contained in an exhaust gas, forced regeneration units (13, 25) capable of performing forced regeneration, capacitance detection units (17a, 17b, 21) for detecting a capacitance of the DPF (16), a total accumulated amount estimation unit (22) for estimating a total amount of accumulated PM and ash collected in the DPF (16) on the basis of the detected capacitance, and an ash accumulated amount calculation unit (23) for calculating an amount of accumulated ash by using, as the amount of accumulated ash, the total amount of accumulation which is estimated when the forced regeneration finishes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for measuring particulate matter, and effectively prevents short-circuiting between electrodes which would otherwise be caused by PM accumulation. The particulate matter measuring device includes a DPF (16) that has a plurality of cells plugged alternatingly at the upstream side and downstream side. The cells are compartmentalized by porous partition walls. At least one of the cells is defined as a measurement cell (4). The particulate matter measuring device also includes a pair of electrodes (A, B) inserted from the non-plugged side in a pair of cells (2, 3) that oppose each other sandwiching the measurement cell (4). The particulate matter measuring device also includes a PM accumulation amount calculating unit (21, 22) that calculates an amount of accumulated PM, which is collected in the DPF (16), on the basis of the capacitance between the electrodes (A, B). The electrodes (A, B) include conductive wire cores (A1, B1) that are covered with insulating layers (A2, B2).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a particulate matter measuring device, and effectively increases the number of capacitors formed between electrodes by optimizing the arrangement of the electrodes. The particulate matter measuring device includes: a diesel particulate filter (DPF) (16) in which the upstream side and the downstream side openings of multiple cells partitioned by porous partition walls are alternately plugged; a pair of first electrodes (A) received in a pair of first electrode cells (2) arranged diagonally with a central cell (1) therebetween; a pair of second electrodes (B) received in a pair of second electrode cells (3) arranged diagonally with the central cell (1) therebetween; a first connecting member (A1) for connecting the first electrodes (A) to each other; a second connecting member (B1) for connecting the second electrodes (B) to each other; and a particulate matter (PM) accumulation amount calculating unit (21, 22) that calculates an amount of PM trapped in the DPF (16) on the basis of capacitance between the electrodes (A, B). The four cells (4) which are adjacent to each other around the partition walls of the central cell (1) and are sandwiched between the first electrode cells (2) and the second electrode cells (3) are used as measurement cells.