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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately detect alcohol concentration in an internal combustion engine using alcohol mixed fuel. SOLUTION: In an engine system 10 with the engine 200 having a direct-injection injector 220 directly injecting fuel into a cylinder 201, ethanol concentration estimation is carried out by an ECU 100. An ethanol concentration estimation section 104 functioning as one function block of the ECU 100 acquires a fuel pressure feedback correction coefficient FBP by which a basic demand charge quantity of a high-pressure pump 217 is multiplied in a fuel pressure feedback control to be executed to maintain the fuel pressure in a common rail 218 for supplying high-pressure fuel to the direct-injection injector 220 at a target level. The fuel pressure feedback correction coefficient FBP is set at 1 in the case where fuel is gasoline, and the ethanol concentration estimation section 104 estimates the ethanol concentration DE on the basis of the calculation of (FBP-1)×100/0.64. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intake air flow control device for an internal combustion engine performing proper handling to prepare for start of an engine, when there is a possibility of fixing of an intake air flow control valve. SOLUTION: In the intake air flow control device for an internal combustion engine 20, an intake air flow control valve 7 controlling an intake air flow AR is disposed in an intake passage 2. The intake air flow control device comprises: a valve temperature detection means 15 detecting a temperature of the intake air flow control valve 7; and a valve opening change means 10 changing opening of the intake air flow control valve based on the valve temperature detected by the valve temperature detection means. Since the valve opening change means changes the opening of the intake air flow control valve based on the valve temperature detected by the valve temperature detection means, the control device can perform needed response to a possibility of the fixing of the intake air flow control valve, and can secure output after the start of the internal combustion engine even if the intake air flow control valve is fixed. On the other hand, the control device can respond to improvement in combustion and emission when a possibility of the fixing is low. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a negative pressure generator capable of suitably securing controllability of feedback control on ISC control. SOLUTION: This control device of the negative pressure generator comprises an ejector for generating negative pressure larger than negative pressure tried to be taken out of an intake passage of an intake system of an internal combustion engine, and a state changing means for making the ejector function or stopping the function, and controls the negative pressure generator arranged in a passage independent of an idle flow rate adjusting means for adjusting an intake flow rate when idling the internal combustion engine, and has a controllability securing control means for controlling VSV 1 to stop the function of the ejector 30 when a feedback control quantity for controlling an electric throttle 13 by making a feedback process to restrain a variation in the intake flow rate, is a predetermined quantity α or less. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air fuel ratio control device for an internal combustion engine capable of defining a relation between output value of an air fuel ratio sensor and an actual air fuel ratio even if output values of the air fuel ratio sensor are dispersed, namely even if output value of the air fuel ratio sensor is a unique output value different from one another of the air fuel ratio sensors. SOLUTION: Air fuel ratio sensors 9, 13 generating output value I proportional to air fuel ratio are used. At first, air fuel ratio is fed back to theoretical air fuel ratio and the theoretical air fuel ratio is controlled, output value I is corrected to keep corrected output value I-ΔI defined by correcting the output value I of the air fuel ratio sensors 9, 13 to a reference value 0.0 at that time. The corrected output value I-ΔI in relation to a target air fuel ratio is determined when control is transferred from feed back control to open loop control, and the relation between output value I and air fuel ratio is determined based on the corrected output value I-ΔI and the reference value 0.0. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve deterioration of exhaust emission at a time of engine start and deterioration of fuel consumption during partial cylinder operation in an exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine separating all cylinders of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine into two cylinder groups, provided with exhaust passages to each cylinder group from an exhaust manifold to an exhaust merging part, and provided with a main catalyst device on a downstream side of the exhaust merging part. SOLUTION: A first auxiliary catalyst device 9a is arranged in one 6a of two exhaust passages on an upstream side of the exhaust merging part 7, a second auxiliary catalyst device 9b is arranged in another 6b of two exhaust passages. Quantity of catalyst carried by the second auxiliary catalyst device is kept smaller than quantity of catalyst carried by the first auxiliary catalyst device. The engine is operated by only one cylinder group 1a corresponding to one exhaust passage at a time of engine start. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize an H 2 S discharge even though an engine is started when a catalyst temperature is high. SOLUTION: This device is provided with an NO x occluding catalyst 34 for purifying exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine, and a water temperature sensor 42 for detecting the temperature of the NO x occluding catalyst 34. When in starting an engine, if the temperature of the NO x occluding catalyst 34 is above a predetermined value (T), a high temperature restarting determination flag is started, so that an exhaust gas air-fuel ratio is controlled to be set to a leaner side than usual. Thereby, an H 2 S amount discharged in high temperature restarting can be reduced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the emission of H 2 S in sulfur poisoning regeneration control, and securely dissociate sulfur components from an NO X catalyst. SOLUTION: This exhaust emission control device is provided with an exhaust purifying catalyst 34 to purify exhaust from an internal combustion engine, a sulfur component attached quantity detecting means to detect a sulfur component attached quantity on the exhaust purifying catalyst 34, an air-fuel ratio fuel-enriching means to control the air-fuel ratio of exhaust to be fuel-rich, a lean spike executing means to execute a lean spike to the fuel-enriched air-fuel ratio of exhaust, and a lean spike control means to set factors for the lean spike based on the sulfur component attached quantity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress overshoot of actual intake air quantity with respect to required intake air quantity while securing the responsiveness of intake air quantity control of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: The required intake air quantity Mt is converted to a model after required intake air quantity Mtsm by a normative model 31, and an intake air quantity achievement required opening θk (throttle opening for achieving the model after required intake air quantity Mtsm) is calculated by a response delay compensation means 32 from the model after required intake air quantity Mtsm using an inverse model of an intake system model considering response delay of an intake system, etc. A convergence opening θs (throttle opening for making the actual intake air quantity converge to the required intake air quantity Mt) is calculated by a convergence opening calculation means 33 from the required intake air quantity Mt. Then, a higher response opening for increasing change in the actual intake air quantity out of the intake air quantity achievement required opening θk and the convergence opening θs is selected as a target throttle opening θt by a high response opening selection means 34. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the vibration of a target throttle opening while setting the target throttle opening compensating response delay of an intake system even during transient operation of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: Required intake air quantity Mt is converted to a model after required intake air quantity BMtsm by a normative model 31 of a base system, and to achieve the model after required intake air quantity BMtsm, a required throttle opening BTA of the base system is calculated using an invert model of an intake system model. On the other hand, the required intake air quantity Mt is converted to a model after required intake air quantity HMtsm by a normative model 33 of a high response system, and to achieve the model after required intake air quantity HMtsm, a required throttle opening HTA of the high response system is calculated using the inverse model of the intake system model. Then, a target throttle opening TAt is set within a range from the required throttle opening BTA of the base system to the required throttle opening HTA of the high response system so as to reduce an operation amount. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress overshoot of actual intake air quantity with respect to required intake air quantity while securing the responsiveness of intake air quantity control of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: The required intake air quantity Mt is converted to a model after required intake air quantity Mtsm by a normative model 31, and a target throttle opening θt for achieving the model after required intake air quantity Mtsm is calculated using an inverse model of an intake system model considering a response delay of an intake system, etc. Then, the target throttle opening θt and its change speed are restricted by a guard value and a final target throttle opening θtt is set. When the change speed of the target throttle opening θt is guarded by the guard value, a previous value Mtsm.old of the model after required intake air quantity used when the model after required intake air quantity Mtsm is calculated by the normative model 31 is replaced with virtual intake air quantity Mvt (actual intake air quantity estimated based on the previous final target throttle opening θtt) so as to temporarily lower the responsiveness of the model after required intake air quantity Mt. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT