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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To diagnose deterioration in a fuel-reforming catalyst while satisfying a cost reduction request, in a system including a function for reforming fuel to be supplied to an engine.SOLUTION: A diagnostic apparatus for deterioration in a catalyst in a fuel reforming system includes: an inlet-side temperature sensor 30 for detecting a temperature at an inlet side of a fuel reforming catalyst 28; and an outlet-side temperature sensor 31 for detecting a temperature at an outlet side of the fuel-reforming catalyst 28. In a reforming driving mode, an ECU 34 opens an EGR valve 25 to recirculate a part of exhaust gas into an intake side as EGR gas, and a reforming-fuel injection valve 26 injects a reforming fuel into the EGR gas. The fuel-reforming catalyst 28 executes reforming control to reform the fuel into a fuel having high-combustibility. A differential temperature between the catalyst outlet-side temperature detected by the outlet-side temperature sensor 31 and the catalyst inlet-side temperature detected by the inlet-side temperature sensor 30 is calculated during the execution of the reforming control and compared with a deterioration-determination threshold, whereby deterioration diagnosis can be performed to determine whether the fuel-reforming catalyst 28 is deteriorated.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent steep combustion during compression self-ignited combustion control of an engine and to satisfy a demand for reducing costs.SOLUTION: When an engine 11 is driven in a compression self-ignited combustion region, a fuel injector injects a fuel into a cylinder in an NVO (negative-valve-overlap) period where an exhaust valve 23 and an intake valve 22 are both closed. Then, the fuel is injected into the cylinder in an intake stroke. The injected fuel is compressed in a compression stroke to be self-ignited. When it is determined that a steep combustion occurs and a fuel injection quantity in the NVO period is greater than a lower determination threshold (for example, minimum fuel injection quantity of a fuel injection valve 19), the fuel injection quantity in the NVO period is reduced. When the fuel injection quantity NVO is not greater than the lower determination threshold, an oxygen quantity in the cylinder in the NVO period is reduced.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively control knocking during compression self-ignition combustion control of an engine.SOLUTION: A control device performs compression self-ignition combustion control for combusting a mixture gas by injecting fuel into a cylinder in NVO period (a negative valve-overlap period), in which both an exhaust valve 17 and an intake valve 16 are closed, and by causing self-ignition of the mixture gas using compression in a compression process. When knocking is detected during the compression self-ignition combustion control, the control device performs knock reduction control for correcting a fuel injection quantity in the NVO period to reduce knocking. When a pressure increase rate (increase rate of cylinder pressure during combustion) is lower than a predetermined threshold value, the control device determines that the fuel injection quantity in the NVO period is low and increases the fuel injection quantity in the NVO period. When the pressure increase rate is equal to or higher than the threshold value, the control device determines that the fuel injection quantity in the NVO period is high and decreases the fuel injection quantity in the NVO period. Thus, the control device controls the fuel injection quantity in the NVO period within a proper range (where knocking hardly occurs) in the NVO period.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for an internal combustion engine capable of appropriately avoiding deterioration in the detection accuracy of an ion current caused by reduction in voltage applied between a center electrode 36a and a ground electrode 36b of a spark plug 36 when the ion current flows by the combustion of fuel injected from a cylinder injection valve 52 in a period (NVO period) at which both an intake valve 42 and an exhaust valve 44 in the engine 10 which is switchable in premixed compression self-ignition combustion and spark ignition combustion are closed. SOLUTION: An on-ignition signal is outputted from an ignition control section 66 during a period from the latter half of an expansion stroke to the valve opening timing of the exhaust valve 44 so that a first coil-energization process for feeding power to a capacitor 84 is performed. Then, when it is determined that the maximum value of an ion-output value detected during the NVO period becomes larger than or equal to a threshold, it is determined that the voltage applied between the center electrode 36a and ground electrode 36b of the spark plug 36 is dropped. A second coil-energization process is performed so that the on-ignition signal is outputted again to feed power to the capacitor 84 before the intake valve 42 is opened. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the rise of rotation of a turbine in the beginning of the start of motor assist and thus to improve supercharge responsiveness, in an internal combustion engine with motor assisted turbocharger. SOLUTION: The turbocharger 30 is disposed between an intake pipe 11 and an exhaust pipe 24. The turbocharger 30 has a motor 34 to perform power assist with respect to the turbocharger 30 by the drive of the motor 34 if necessary. A bypass passage 36 is disposed to the exhaust pipe 24 to bypass a turbine wheel 32, and a turbine bypass valve 37 is disposed to the bypass passage 36. An ECU 50 makes the turbine bypass valve be in an opened state, in the beginning of the start of the power assist by the motor 34. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively improve fuel consumption with lock-up (L/U) slip control and deceleration recovering generation. SOLUTION: A generator is driven for deceleration recovering generation while performing L/U slip control during a period for the deceleration recovering generation after setting a target L/U slip amount to be a value (10rpm, e.g.) smaller than the usual one depending on a decelerating condition. In this way, even when the generator is driven for the deceleration recovering generation while performing the L/U slip control during a period for the deceleration recovering generation, the L/U slip amount is controlled to be smaller than the usual one. So, a sudden reduction of an engine speed is suppressed by the decelerating energy of a vehicle (the output shaft rotating speed of a torque converter). Thus, the sudden reduction of the engine speed is prevented and a deceleration fuel cut period and a deceleration recovering generation period are elongated while executing a combination of the L/U slip control and the deceleration recovering generation during the deceleration fuel cut period. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent erroneous diagnosis of a leakage in an evaporation gas purging system, caused by the opening of a filler cap of a fuel tank, in diagnosing the leakage during the stopping of an engine. SOLUTION: After detecting the residual quantity of fuel when an ignition switch is at OFF (when the engine stops), this leakage diagnostic apparatus starts the diagnosis of the leakage, temporarily determines the presence or absence of the leakage, and stores the result of the diagnosis in a backup RAM or the like (steps 101 to 105). When the ignition switch is at ON (when the engine starts), the leakage diagnostic apparatus detects the residual quantity of fuel, compares the residual quantity of fuel at the starting of the engine with that at the previous stopping of the engine, and determines whether the filler cap is open or not during the stopping of the engine (steps 106 to 108). If the filler cap is open during the stopping of the engine, the apparatus ignores the result of the diagnosis of the leakage. If the filler cap is not open, it determines the result of the diagnosis of the leakage as the final result of the diagnosis of the leakage as it is (steps 109 to 110).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the possibility of leakage in an evaporated gas purging system. SOLUTION: An atmospheric air switching valve and a purge control valve are closed to start the diagnosis of leakage in a state of sealing an evaporation system, when an engine is stopped and the leakage diagnosis executing condition is satisfied. The pressure in a fuel tank, raised by the generation of evaporated gas during the diagnosis of leakage is quickly lowered approximately to the atmospheric pressure by releasing the sealed state of the evaporation system by opening the atmospheric air switching valve. Then, the internal pressure of the fuel tank is quickly lowered to negative pressure by utilizing the lowering of the internal pressure in the fuel tank in accompany with the lowering of a fuel temperature. As the evaporation system is kept in negative pressure thereafter, only the atmospheric air is sucked in the evaporation system from a hole even when the small hole is formed on the evaporation system, and the leakage of the evaporated gas in the evaporation system into the atmospheric air is prevented. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a fuel component adsorbed in a canister from being blown out to the atmospheric air when an evaporation system is opened to the atmospheric air after the termination of leakage diagnosis when the leakage is diagnosed in a state of sealing the evaporation system after the stop of an engine. SOLUTION: The operation for sealing the evaporation system, then temporarily opening the evaporation system every time when the pressure of the evaporation system reaches a predetermined limited pressure to lower the pressure of the evaporation system approximately to the atmospheric pressure, and then resealing the evaporation system is repeated during the leakage diagnosing period after the stop of the engine. A detected value of the pressure of the evaporation system is integrated for a predetermined operation period during the leakage diagnosing period. Here, the detected value of the pressure of the evaporation system is corrected and integrated in accordance with the frequency of the reaching of the pressure of the evaporation system to the predetermined limited pressure, and an integrated value is compared with a leakage determination value to diagnose the presence or absence of the leakage of the evaporating system. Further the presence or absence of the leakage of the evaporation system may be diagnosed on the basis of the frequency of the reaching of the pressure of the evaporation system to the predetermined limited value during the leakage diagnosing period. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an abnormality diagnostic device for an evaporated gas purge system of an internal combustion engine capable of reducing power consumption during halts of an engine, and improving detection accuracy. SOLUTION: During operation of an engine, an abnormality diagnosis for an evaporated gas purge system is performed by a negative pressure monitor program, then only when ϕ0.5 tentative abnormality judgment is made, ϕ0.5 tentative abnormality judgment shown in (c) is determined to perform an abnormality diagnosis by an inner pressure monitor program during halts of an engine. Thus, the final judgment on ϕ0.5 leak is determined by the inner pressure monitor program with low disturbance, thereby performing the abnormality diagnosis with high accuracy. Furthermore, the inner pressure monitor program is carried out only when the judgment on ϕ0.5 tentative abnormality is determined, thereby reducing electric power consumed by ECU during halts. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO