摘要:
In an engine exhaust system, an NOx catalyst for occluding NOx in a state of the lean air-fuel ratio and reducing the occluded NOx in the state of the rich air-fuel ration A CPU sets a target air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to an engine to the lean side with respect to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio for the lean mixture combustion. The CPU sets a rich time for a rich mixture combustion in accordance with the engine operating state and the NOx purification rate in the NOx catalyst. In this moment, the shortest rich time is set within a range in which a desired NOx purification rate by the NOx catalyst is obtained. A three-way catalyst may be arranged upstream of the NOx catalyst. The three-way catalyst carries only a noble metal such as platinum having no oxygen storing capability.
摘要:
In an engine exhaust system, an NOx catalyst for occluding NOx in a state of the lean air-fuel ratio and reducing the occluded NOx in the state of the rich air-fuel ratio. A CPU sets a target air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to an engine to the lean side with respect to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio for the lean mixture combustion. The CPU sets a rich time for a rich mixture combustion in accordance with the engine operating state and the NOx purification rate in the NOx catalyst. In this moment, the shortest rich time is set within a range in which a desired NOx purification rate by the NOx catalyst is obtained. A three-way catalyst may be arranged upstream of the NOx catalyst. The three-way catalyst carries only a noble metal such as platinum having no oxygen storing capability.
摘要:
An inflow quantity of an exhaust gas component flowing into a catalyst is calculated based upon air fuel ratio detected by an upstream air fuel ratio sensor which is provided on the upstream side of the catalyst. In addition, an outflow quantity of an exhaust gas component flowing out of the catalyst is calculated based upon air fuel ratio detected by a downstream air fuel ratio sensor which is provided on the downstream side of the catalyst. The quantity of an exhaust gas component absorbed by the catalyst can be detected in real time based upon a difference between the inflow quantity and outflow quantity. Thus, a state of the catalyst can be precisely detected in real time.
摘要:
In an apparatus for detecting a saturation gas amount absorbed by a catalytic converter disposed in an exhaust system of an engine, an air-to-fuel ratio detecting device is disposed in a region of the engine exhaust system downstream of the catalytic converter for monitoring exhaust gas, which has passed through the catalytic converter, to detect an air-to-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture causing the exhaust gas. An air-to-fuel ratio changing device serves to change an air-to-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture fed to the engine by a correction quantity in a given direction, and serves to maintain changing the air-to-fuel ratio during a correction time. A change increasing device serves to increase the correction quantity and/or the correction time by the air-to-fuel ratio changing device to execute an air-to-fuel ratio changing process again in cases where the air-to-fuel ratio detected by the air-to-fuel ratio detecting device does not vary even when the air-to-fuel ratio changing device executes changing the air-to-fuel ratio. A saturation gas amount calculating device serves to calculate a saturation gas amount absorbed by the catalytic converter on the basis of the correction quantity and the correction time in cases where the air-to-fuel ratio detected by the air-to-fuel ratio detecting device varies when the air-to-fuel ratio changing device executes changing the air-to-fuel ratio.
摘要:
An oxygen concentration measuring device capable of significantly shortening the period of time during which oxygen concentration cannot be measured. When measuring the temperature of a sensor main body, a microcomputer determines the temperature of the sensor main body by estimating a saturation current starting from a current detected by a current detecting circuit in a period of time before current flowing through the sensor main body finishes rising, after the sensor main body has been negatively biased by a bias control circuit. The sensor main body is positively biased by the bias control circuit directly after the period of time has lapsed. The microcomputer determines an air fuel ratio by using current in a period of time before current flowing through the sensor main body due to the positive bias finishes decreasing.
摘要:
The present invention pertains to a method for producing a mixture including an injected engine fuel from an injector, a combustion engine intake-air and an evaporative gas from the engine fuel. The method includes the steps of measuring a characteristic of the evaporative gas and changing step for changing a mixing ratio of the evaporative gas to at least one of the injected engine fuel and the combustion engine intake-air, according to the measured characteristic of the evaporative gas, by changing a flow rate of the combustion engine intake-air.
摘要:
There is disclosed a self-diagnosis apparatus in which when detecting a supply abnormally (i.e., failure to lead fuel evaporation gas into an intake passage), the abnormality can be accurately detected, taking into consideration variations in the fuel gas density (variations in the ambient temperature, variations in the volatility of the fuel, and etc.) due to the residual air in a fuel tank. In the apparatus, the amount of flow of the gas from the fuel tank to a canister can be detected, and a control circuit controls a purge valve to close a fuel gas discharge passage, and in this condition the control circuit detects the amount of flow of the gas from the fuel tank to the canister. When this flow amount exceeds a set value, the control circuit controls the purge valve to close and open the discharge passage, and judges in accordance with a change in an air-fuel ratio detected at this time by an O.sub.2 sensor whether or not any abnormality exists. If the control circuit judges by this judgment that there exists abnormality, the set value of the gas flow amount is set to a value greater than said set value, and the abnormality judgment is again effected. Then, if this judgment result still indicates that abnormality exists, a warning lamp is turned on to give warning.
摘要:
In fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, a fuel injection valve is activated to inject pre-start fuel in response to turn-on of a main switch by a vehicle driver. A starter motor is not activated until a predetermined delay period (T.sub.D) elapses after the turn-on of the main switch. During the delay period (T.sub.D) the injected fuel is vaporized. After the delay period (T.sub.D) the vaporized fuel is taken into engine cylinders when the engine is cranked by the starter motor so that fuel is ignited in the engine easily.
摘要:
In apparatus for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine, a flip-flop used for frequency dividing an engine rotational angle signal is arranged to be reset when a basic injection pulse is not coincident with a cylinder-determining pulse signal. The basic injection pulse is produced by a Q/N charge-discharge circuit arranged to start charging a capacitor in response to a leading edge of an output pulse from the flip-flop and to start discharging the same in response to a trailing edge of the same where time constant on charging is constant and time constant on discharging is variable depending on the quantity Q of intake air of the engine. The basic injection pulse is used to produce final injection pulse with which fuel injection valves are operated where the width of the basic injection pulse determines the basic amount of fuel to be injected. After the flip-flop is reset, its output pulse is shifted by 180.degree. CA, and thus the basic injection pulse TP occurs just before the final injection pulse thereby the latest engine operating conditions are reflected on the amount of fuel to be injected.
摘要:
An electronically controlled fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, the system being of the type which controls fuel injection using the charging and discharging of a capacitor and comprising engine operating parameter sensors, a capacitor, and a control unit for controlling the charging and discharging of the capacitor. The charging of the capacitor is initiated at a timing determined as a function of engine speed and throttle opening angle and the discharging thereof is initiated subsequently to the completion of the charging. The charging time period is determined by engine speed and the discharging current is determined by intake air quantity. A basic fuel injection signal is produced so as to have a pulse duration equal to the discharging time period.