Abstract:
The present invention relate to an apparatus for detecting the concentration of exhaust gases comprising: an NOx occlusion catalyst disposed in an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, an NOx sensor mounted downstream of said NOx occlusion catalyst in the exhaust pipe to detect the NOx concentration in the exhaust gases, driving condition setting means for transiently providing a rich air-to-fuel ratio for cleaning NOx occluded in said NOx occlusion catalyst, and means for detecting a state of deterioration of said NOx occlusion catalyst based on changes in a detection output of said NOx sensor before and after setting the rich air-to-fuel ratio.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting the concentration of a specific gas in an engine exhaust gas, wherein the amount of moisture in the exhaust gas from driving conditions of the engine is estimated, a gas concentration detection signal output by a gas sensor is corrected responsive to an estimated amount of moisture, and the effect of the amount of moisture in said exhaust gas from the detected value of the gas concentration is removed or reduced.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method using a two-serial space sensor (having first and second internal spaces (2, 3)) for accurately measuring NOx concentration in gas, e.g., exhausted from an internal combustion engine. Both NOx (nitrogen oxide) and oxygen are forced to be partially dissociated in the first space (2) to an oxygen concentration level of 2 x 10 -7 to 2 x 10 -10 atm by pumping out oxygen from the first space (2). The NOx concentration is determined based on the second current measured in the second space (4) and based on the NO dissociation percentage in the first space (2) which is 0.5-50%, or preferably 2-20%. The NOx measurement accuracy is further improved when the above oxygen concentration level is maintained from 2 x 10 -8 to 2 x 10 -9 and the temperature drift of the sensor is maintained within ± 5°C under a sensor temperature range of 700-900 °C.
Abstract:
This discloses a method and apparatus for accurately determining a NOx concentration of a measurement gas that contains H 2 O and /or CO 2, without being affected by a dissociation of H 2 O and /or CO 2. In this method and apparatus, (1) the NOx-measurement gas containing H 2 O and/or CO 2 is introduced to travel through a heated flow channel formed by an oxygen ion conductive solid ceramic electrolyte body that electrically controls amount of O 2 from the flow channel, (2) while said measurement gas travels, a residual gas including NO and H 2 O and/or CO 2 is formed from the measurement gas, (3) said residual gas is flowed to contact a catalytic electrode to which a negative polarity of a low voltage that does not dissociate H 2 O and /Or CO 2 but dissociates NO is applied, so that said electrode dissociates a NO gas of the residual gas into N ions and O ions and flows an electric current through the electrolyte body in proportion to an amount of the O ions dissociated from said residual gas at the electrode, and (4) the NOx concentration in the measurement gas is determined based on the current. The low voltage preferably applied in the above (3)is about 350-450 mV.
Abstract:
The present invention relate to an apparatus for detecting the concentration of exhaust gases comprising: an NOx occlusion catalyst disposed in an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, an NOx sensor mounted downstream of said NOx occlusion catalyst in the exhaust pipe to detect the NOx concentration in the exhaust gases, driving condition setting means for transiently providing a rich air-to-fuel ratio for cleaning NOx occluded in said NOx occlusion catalyst, and means for detecting a state of deterioration of said NOx occlusion catalyst based on changes in a detection output of said NOx sensor before and after setting the rich air-to-fuel ratio.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method using a two-serial space sensor (having first and second internal spaces (2, 3)) for accurately measuring NOx concentration in gas, e.g., exhausted from an internal combustion engine. Both NOx (nitrogen oxide) and oxygen are forced to be partially dissociated in the first space (2) to an oxygen concentration level of 2 x 10 -7 to 2 x 10 -10 atm by pumping out oxygen from the first space (2). The NOx concentration is determined based on the second current measured in the second space (4) and based on the NO dissociation percentage in the first space (2) which is 0.5-50%, or preferably 2-20%. The NOx measurement accuracy is further improved when the above oxygen concentration level is maintained from 2 x 10 -8 to 2 x 10 -9 and the temperature drift of the sensor is maintained within ± 5°C under a sensor temperature range of 700-900 °C.
Abstract:
The present invention relate to an apparatus for detecting the concentration of exhaust gases comprising: an NOx occlusion catalyst disposed in an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, an NOx sensor mounted downstream of said NOx occlusion catalyst in the exhaust pipe to detect the NOx concentration in the exhaust gases, driving condition setting means for transiently providing a rich air-to-fuel ratio for cleaning NOx occluded in said NOx occlusion catalyst, and means for detecting a state of deterioration of said NOx occlusion catalyst based on changes in a detection output of said NOx sensor before and after setting the rich air-to-fuel ratio.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting the concentration of exhaust gas using a gas sensor which detects the concentration of a specific component in a gas discharged from an internal combustion engine. A zero point of a detection output of the gas sensor specifying the zero concentration of said specific component is calibrated, based on a detection output of the gas sensor in the atmosphere, and the concentration of said specific component is deleted based on the calibrated detection output.