Abstract:
In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, an upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor (23), a hydrocarbon feed valve (15), an exhaust purification catalyst (13), and a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor (24) are arranged in this order from the upstream. At the time of engine operation, the injection amount of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve (15) is controlled based on the air-fuel ratio detected by the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor (23) and the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor (24) so that the amplitude of change of the concentration of hydrocarbons which flow into the exhaust purification catalyst (13) becomes within a predetermined range of amplitude.
Abstract:
A diagnostic system for an internal combustion engine (1), the diagnostic system includes an electronic control unit (10). The electronic control unit determines that whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition is a condition under which an amount of PM that separates from a filter is larger than or equal to a predetermined separation amount as a urea water-originated deposit once accumulated in the filter separates in gaseous form. When the electronic control unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the electronic control unit does not execute a diagnosis of a malfunction in the filter based on a filter differential pressure until a predetermined period elapses from the point in time at which it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
Abstract:
Provided are a low cost diagnostic device and a sensor capable of detecting functional failure and deterioration of a PM sensor early. There is provided the diagnostic device for a sensor 10 which is arranged in an exhaust passage 110 of an internal combustion engine 100 and detects a particulate matter amount in exhaust, the diagnostic device including a time-rate-of-change calculation unit 2 which calculates a time rate of change of the particulate matter amount detected by the sensor 10 during a period in which a fuel injection amount of the internal combustion engine 100 is equal to or less than a predetermined injection amount threshold, and an abnormality determination unit 3 which determines an abnormality of the sensor 10 based on the time rate of change of the particulate matter amount calculated by the time-rate-of-change calculation unit 2.
Abstract:
A process for regenerating an exhaust gas after-treatment device adapted to be fitted in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine arrangement, wherein the exhaust gas after-treatment device comprises a particle filter, characterized in that the process comprising the steps of : a) setting the temperature of the exhaust gases at the particle filter within a first temperature range comprised between 420 and 550 degrees Celsius; b) maintaining the temperature of the exhaust gases at the particle filter at the first temperature range during a first period of time; c) after the first period of time, further gradually increasing the temperature at the particle filter to a second temperature range which is over 550° degrees Celsius. The temperature at the particle filter is increased at a controlled rate of temperature increase over time. The temperature at the particle filter is increased at a rate of temperature increase over time which decreases over time.
Abstract:
An exhaust purification system effectively determines whether malfunction occurs in an NOx sensor when a sensor value of the NOx sensor suddenly increases. The exhaust purification system includes: an SCR (41) that purifies NOx in an exhaust gas using ammonia produced from urea water as a reducing agent; an NOx sensor (22) that acquires the value of the NOx contained in the exhaust gas; an actual-reach-time measurement unit (55) that measures a reach time until the NOx value acquired by the NOx sensor (22) reaches, from a first predetermined determinative NOx value,a second predetermined determinative NOx value, which is higher than the first determinative NOx value; and a sensor-value-increment determination unit (56) that determines that malfunction occurs in the NOx sensor (22) when the reach time measured by the actual-reach-time measurement unit (55) is equal to or shorter than a first predetermined determinative time.
Abstract:
The present invention aims to determine a failure of a DPF with higher accuracy. A diagnosis device comprises: a diesel particulate filter (DPF) (52) that collects particulate matter (PM) in an exhaust gas; a resistive type PM sensor (20) that is provided at a downstream of the DPF (52) and that detects the amount of the PM from the current flowing through the PM deposited between electrodes (22), and for which regeneration is possible that combusts and eliminates the deposited PM; an actual regeneration interval calculating unit (41) that calculates the actual interval from the completion of the regeneration of the sensor (20) to the start of the next regeneration; a PM slippage amount calculating unit (43) that estimates the amount of PM slippage in the exhaust gas that is slipped through the DPF (52) assuming the DPF (52) being normal; an estimated regeneration interval calculating unit (45) that calculates, on the basis of the PM slippage amount, an estimated interval from the completion of the regeneration of the sensor (20) to the start of the next regeneration; and a DPF failure-normal determining unit (46) that determines whether the DPF (52) has failed or is normal by comparing the actual interval to the estimated interval.
Abstract:
A method and a control assembly for operating an exhaust gas system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. Measuring values are evaluated, which indicate a content of nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas downstream of a catalytic device. The catalytic device is adapted to diminish the content of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas produced by an engine of the motor vehicle. Based on the measuring values a quality of a reducing agent supplied to the catalytic device is assessed. The method includes determining whether reducing agent has been filled into a storage tank. A plurality of measuring values is captured during a predetermined period of time, and a magnitude and a frequency of the plurality of measuring values are taken into account to assess the quality of the reducing agent.