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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for highly accurately measuring a cetane number of fuel, while the fuel is actually used for operating an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: In a fuel cut state of the internal combustion engine (S101), a cetane number measurement fuel is injected (S105) by a specific amount of fuel into a combustion chamber in a compression stroke or an expansion stroke. The cetane number of the fuel is measured based on a period from specific timing to ignition timing wherein the fuel injected by the cetane measurement fuel injection is ignited. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable low-temperature combustion even in high required load. SOLUTION: This internal combustion engine 10 comprises a change-over means for change-over between low-temperature combustion and normal combustion where the amount of inactive gas to be supplied into a combustion chamber is less than the amount of inactive gas when generating a peak amount of soot, and a turbo charger 15. An exhaust gas circulation device has a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation passage 61 where the pressure of recirculated exhaust gas is low, a high pressure exhaust gas recirculation passage 29 where the pressure of recirculated exhaust gas is high, a first recirculated exhaust gas control valve 64 for controlling the amount of recirculated exhaust gas flowing in the low pressure exhaust gas recirculation passage, and a second recirculated exhaust gas control valve 31 for controlling the amount of recirculated exhaust gas flowing in the high pressure exhaust gas recirculation passage. In the internal combustion engine 10 when performing low-temperature combustion, the amount of the recirculated exhaust gas flowing in the low pressure exhaust gas recirculation passage and the amount of the recirculated exhaust gas flowing in the high pressure exhaust gas recirculation passage are controlled in accordance with required engine load. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the combustion condition of a diesel engine optimally. SOLUTION: Cylinder pressure sensors 29a to 29d for detecting combustion chamber pressure are placed on each cylinder of a diesel engine 1. An electronic control unit (ECU) 20 of the engine 1 selects the optimal combustion parameter in accordance with the fuel injection mode of fuel injection valves 10a to 10d of the engine 1 out of a plural types of combustion parameters each indicating a combustion condition of the engine 1 calculated based on outputs of the sensors 29a to 29d, and feedback controls the fuel injection amount and the fuel injection timing so that the value of the combustion parameter meets the target value fixed corresponding to the engine operating condition. Accordingly, the engine combustion condition is controlled to be always in the optimal condition regardless of the fuel injection mode or the combustion mode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exhaust gas recirculation device for an internal combustion engine that can reliably prevent an intake system metal components from corroding by neutralizing a condensed water in an oil pan without changing a liquid surface level in the oil pan and where the costs for manufacturing or maintenance are suppressed.SOLUTION: The exhaust gas recirculation device for the internal combustion engine forms an exhaust recirculation passage P4 for making the engine 10 newly suction an exhaust gas that is refluxed from an exhaust pipe 42 to an intake pipe 32, and cools the exhaust gas in the passage using an EGR cooler 73. The exhaust gas recirculation device includes: a condensed water catch 80 that stores the condensed water generated from the exhaust gas in the exhaust recirculation passage P4; an oil temperature sensor 87 that directly or indirectly detects a temperature of an oil for lubricity or cooling that is stored in the engine 10; and a condensed water introduction mechanism 90 that when a temperature detected by the oil temperature sensor 87 reaches one by which the condensed water can vapor, introduces the condensed water stored in the condensed water catch 80 into the oil inside the engine 10.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an internal combustion engine capable of inhibiting drop of a supercharging pressure occurring at changeover between a single turbo mode and a twin turbo mode. SOLUTION: The control device for the internal combustion engine includes a first supercharger, a second supercharger, an exhaust gas passage, an intake air passage, an exhaust gas changeover valve, an intake air changeover valve, and a control means. The control means sets a timing for starting open of the intake air change-over valve later than a timing for starting open of the exhaust gas changeover valve in changeover from the single turbo mode to the twin turbo mode, and starts open of the intake air changeover valve when opening of the exhaust gas changeover valve increases to a prescribed opening. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intake air amount detecting device for an internal combustion engine, which can accurately grasp the intake air amount of two superchargers using a single intake air amount sensor. SOLUTION: This intake air amount detecting device is used for an internal combustion engine 1, in which part of an intake air passage 4 is divided into a first passage 7 and a second passage 8 and the first passage 7 is provided with a primary turbocharger 24 and the second passage 8 is provided with a secondary turbocharger 25. The air amount sucked into the primary turbocharger 24 is measured by an air flow sensor 40, and all the air amount sucked into the internal combustion engine 1 is computed based on the real measurement value of the intake air pressure detected by an intake air pressure sensor 41 and the real measurement value of the engine speed detected using a crank angle sensor 43, and the intake air amount of the secondary turbocharger 25 is determined based on the detection value of the air flow meter 40 and the computed value of all the air amount. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent oil leak from a turbine side of a second turbocharger during a single mode in an internal combustion engine with superchargers including two supercharges. SOLUTION: The internal combustion engine with the superchargers includes first and second turbochargers, a catalyst disposed in an exhaust gas passage at a downstream of the first turbocharger, an exhaust gas passage between a turbine of the first turbocharger and the catalyst, an exhaust gas bypass passage communicating to the exhaust gas passage at an upstream of the turbine of the second turbocharger, and an exhaust gas bypass valve disposed in the exhaust gas bypass passage. The exhaust gas bypass valve opens when a difference of exhaust gas pressures of an outlet of the turbine of the first turbocharger and an inlet of the turbine of the second turbocharger is not less than a predetermined value during the single turbo mode. Consequently, part of exhaust gas of a high exhaust gas pressure at the downstream of the turbine of the first turbocharger is introduced to the turbine of the second turbocharger through the exhaust gas bypass passage. As the result, rotation of the second turbocharger is accelerated during the single turbo mode and oil leak from the turbine side of the second turbocharger is prevented. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a failure diagnostic device of an internal combustion engine having two superchargers which specifies positions of abnormalities. SOLUTION: The failure diagnostic device of the internal combustion engine includes first and second superchargers which are arranged in parallel with each other and a control valve having an intake selector valve and an intake bypass valve. The intake selector valve is provided at the intake passage of the second supercharger, and the intake bypass valve is provided at the intake bypass passage which connects the outlet of the compressor of the second supercharger with the inlet of the compressor of the first supercharger. The control valve is used for switching a twin turbo mode and a single turbo mode. The failure diagnostic device of the internal combustion engine is also provided with a pressure sensor on the compressor outlet side which is provided downstream of the compressor of the second supercharger and upstream of the intake selector valve, and used for detecting the outlet pressure of the compressor of the second supercharger. In the single turbo mode, the failure diagnosis of at least one of the control valves is performed based on outlet pressure when at least either open movement or close movement is performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine more effectively utilizing HC adsorbed by an HC adsorbing catalyst after catalyst light-off to increase a temperature increasing effect of a catalyst floor temperature due to catalyst combustion of the HC adsorbing catalyst and activate an exhaust-gas purification catalyst in an early stage using the temperature-increased exhaust gas, and thereby improving a purification performance of the exhaust gas. SOLUTION: The exhaust emission control device for the internal combustion engine uses fuel supplied from a fuel tank 16 by a fuel injection valve 21 as fuel for combustion inside an engine cylinder, and uses a reducing agent adding valve 22 for reducing NOx. When it is before the catalyst light-off of a NOx purification catalyst 43a and an exhaust-gas flow rate is less than a predetermined value, the purification device makes a discharging amount of HC in the exhaust gas to be in a greater amount condition to positively adsorb HC by the HC adsorbing catalyst. Therefore, the catalyst floor temperature is rapidly increased by the catalyst combustion after the catalyst light-off of the HC adsorbing catalyst, a warm-up performance of the NOx purification catalyst 43a is improved, and a NOx purification performance is improved. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of starting supply of a reducing agent in an early stage, when starting supply of secondary air, in an exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: An exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine is provided with a reducing agent supply means, an exhaust emission control catalyst, a secondary air supply means and a catalyst having oxidation capacity in order. When a supply quantity of the secondary air gradually increases by starting the supply of the secondary air from the secondary air supply means, a supply quantity of the reducing agent from the reducing agent supply means, is adjusted in response to the supply quantity of secondary air so that the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing in the catalyst having the oxidation capacity becomes the target air-fuel ratio. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT