摘要:
In an air-fuel ratio controlling device which comprises an exhaust gas sensor for detecting the air-fuel ratio of mixture and an additional air passage including a bypass valve and disposed to supply additional air to the downstream side of the throttle valve of an engine, the controlling device further comprises a throttle sensor operatively connected to the throttle valve for producing an output signal corresponding to the opening of the throttle valve, and a control circuit responsive to the signal from the throttle sensor whereby a predetermined time period after the occurrence of a change in the opening of the throttle valve is discriminated as the acceleration or deceleration period of the engine and the bypass valve is driven at one or the other of two speed depending on whether the engine is in the accleration/deceleration operating condition or other operating conditions.
摘要:
An apparatus for detecting a deteriorated condition of an oxygen concentration sensor mounted in an exhaust pipe for an internal combustion engine for controlling an air-fuel ratio is described. The apparatus includes, in addition to the sensor, a reference oxygen concentration sensor mounted in the exhaust pipe downstream of a cleaning device, and a discrimination unit for determining the deterioration of the oxygen concentration sensor for controlling the air-fuel ratio by measuring at least one of a duty factor and a period of an output signal from the reference oxygen concentration sensor.
摘要:
An air-to-fuel ratio controlling system for an internal combustion engine is provided with a deceleration detector for detecting the deceleration operation of the engine. In response to a signal delivered from the deceleration detector, a control valve mounted in the adjusting air path is maintained at a given valve angle for a predetermined period of the deceleration. Air is, thus, additionally supplied through the adjusting air path during the deceleration, thereby to prevent unduely rich of the air-fuel mixture during the deceleration and to enable the control of the air-to-fuel ratio properly.
摘要:
An additional air control device for maintaining constant air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine wherein an intake air which is supplied additionally through a bypass passage to the engine is controlled by controlling the movement of a drive motor coupled to a control valve mounted in the bypass passage. A gas sensor for sensing the oxygen content of the exhaust gas and an intake air flow meter for sensing the rate of intake air flow to the engine are provided. In accordance with a signal from the gas sensor and an intake air flow signal representing a delay time factor from the intake air flow sensor, the drive motor is controlled to stop or drive alternately in a skip movement fashion in either an opening or closing direction of the control valve, and a rest period of the drive motor is determined to be inversely proportional to the intake air flow rate and a driving period which is subsequent to the rest period is set to a fixed time period, thereby an air-fuel ratio is maintained at a constant value and an exhaust gas emission is controlled.
摘要:
An exhaust gas purifying apparatus having an exhaust pipe divided into at least two branches each connected to a different cylinder or cylinders. Each of the exhaust pipe branches is further connected to a secondary air supply tube to intermittently supply secondary air upstream of a three-way catalyst disposed in the branch thereby to vary periodically within a range the air-fuel ratio of exahust gases flowing into the three-way catalyst.
摘要:
An exhaust gas purifying system of the type utilizing a three-way catalyst containing an oxygen storage material includes an electronic control unit for controlling the amount of secondary air supplied to the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The electronic control unit receives a signal from an exhaust air-fuel ratio sensor indicative of an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gases and provides a pulse signal to an electromagnetic valve disposed in the passage of the secondary air leading to the upstream of the three-way catalyst. The amount of secondary air supplied to the exhaust system is controlled such that the resultant exhaust gases having an exhaust air-fuel ratio greater than the stoichiometric ratio and those having an exhaust air-fuel ratio smaller than the stoichiometric ratio are alternately supplied to the three-way catalyst thereby to achieve the average exhaust air-fuel ratio to fall within the optimum purifying conditions of the three-way catalyst.
摘要:
A method of operating a three-way catalyst which contains an oxygen storage material and which is mounted on the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. In order to operate the three-way catalyst effectively, the air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the engine is set to be richer than the stoichiometric ratio, and secondary air is intermittently supplied by an air pump into the exhaust system upstream of the three-way catalyst, thereby to alternately vary the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gases supplied to the three-way catalyst to become rich and lean with respect to the stoichiometric ratio.
摘要:
An additional air supply system for adjusting the air-fuel ratio of a mixture includes the improved control unit for actuating, at two different speeds, a drive motor of a bypass valve disposed in an additional air supply path. The control unit is provided with an air-fuel ratio discriminating circuit for generating high and low level signals by comparing a detected air-fuel ratio with the stoichiometric ratio, and an actuating circuit for producing pulse signals at each instant of inversion of the signal levels of the air-fuel ratio discriminating circuit in such that for a predetermined period from the instant of inversion a high frequency pulse signal is produced and then a low frequency pulse signal is produced for the remaining period until the next inversion. Since the pusle signals having two different frequencies are applied to the drive motor of the bypass valve, the bypass valve is drived at a fast speed to a predetermined amount of opening or closing and then moved slowly until the next inversion of the signal level.
摘要:
A deteriorated condition detecting apparatus for an oxygen concentration sensor used in an air-fuel ratio feedback control for an internal combustion engine comprises a reference oxygen concentration sensor mounted in proximity to the oxygen concentration sensor used for the air-fuel ratio feedback control and a discriminator for comparing duty factors of output signals from those two sensors to determine a deteriorated condition of the oxygen sensor. The discriminator determines the deteriorated condition when the duty factor of the sensor under test deviates from the duty factor of the output signal of the reference sensor by a predetermined amount. It converts the outputs of the respective sensors to square wave signals and integrates one of the levels of the square wave signals to determine the duty factors, and differentially amplifies the integrated signal to produce a differential output signal, which is then compared with a predetermined level to determine whether there exists a deviation of the duty factor corresponding to the deteriorated condition.
摘要:
An air-fuel ratio adjusting apparatus for an internal combustion engine employing a gas sensor whose electric characteristic changes rapidly at near the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio so as to maintain the air-fuel ratio of mixture at any desired air-fuel ratio other than the stoichiometric one. A bypass valve is mounted in a bypass passage for supplying additional air to the portion of the carburetor downstream of its throttle valve. In response to the sensed signal from the gas sensor mounted in the exhaust pipe, the bypass valve is opened or closed to increase or decrease the amount of additional air. Taking advantage of the fact that there exists a delay of a definite time period between the time of generation of a sensed signal from the gas sensor and the time that the sensed signal produces an effect on the excess air factor of the exhaust gases, by causing the opening and closing speeds of the bypass valve to differ from each other, it is possible to maintain the air-fuel ratio of mixture constant within a wide range of air-fuel ratios.