Abstract:
A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt≦Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2≦Gin_vt.
Abstract:
A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly performing air-fuel ratio control and ignition timing control according to an actual amount of intake air, even when reliability of the results of detection of the operating condition of a variable intake mechanism is low. The control system for controlling air-fuel ratio and ignition timing includes an ECU. The ECU calculates a target air-fuel ratio, calculates an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient, calculates a statistically processed value of an air-fuel ratio index value, calculates a corrected valve lift and a corrected cam phase, and determines a fuel injection amount according to the corrected valve lift, the corrected cam phase, and the air-fuel ratio correction coefficient.
Abstract:
A control system which is capable of avoiding an overloaded state of an actuator without using sensors or the like. An ECU 2 of the control system 1 calculates a lift control input U_Liftin to a variable valve lift mechanism 50 with an algorithm expressed by equations (2) to (5), such that the valve lift Liftin follows up a target valve lift Liftin_cmd, calculates a cumulative value Simot by cumulative calculation of the product of the value Imot of electric current flowing through the variable valve lift mechanism 50 and a sampling time period Stime, and when SImot≧Simot_J1 holds, sets two parameters pole_f_lf and ploe_lf to respective predetermined failure-time parameters pole_f_lf_J1 and ploe_lf_J1 which cause the lift control input U_Liftin to become smaller than when Simot
Abstract:
Apparatus and method for air/fuel ratio control for smoothening variation of air/fuel ratio among a plurality of cylinders of an internal combustion engine including a sensor for measuring output of the internal combustion engine. A device calculates a correlation function of each cylinder by taking cross-correlation of values measured by the sensor and a reference signal for each cylinder. A device then calculates a smoothing target value which is common for all of the cylinders. Cylinder controllers produce control input to the respective cylinders such that the correlation function converges to the smoothing target value.
Abstract:
A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of ensuring excellent fuel economy of the engine and enhancing the responsiveness of the output of the engine when acceleration is demanded. The control system calculates a lift control input for controlling a variable valve lift mechanism, based on a cam phase of a variable cam phase mechanism, and calculates a demanded acceleration indicative of the degree of acceleration demanded of the engine. Further, the control system calculates a value of phase control input for controlling the variable cam phase mechanism with priority to the engine output, and calculates a value of the same with priority to fuel economy of the engine, and selects between the values of phase control input, based on the demanded acceleration.
Abstract:
An ignition timing value of the internal-combustion engine is calculated by using correction terms including a first correction term that is calculated based on a controlled variable without reflecting a desired value and a second correction term that is calculated based on a difference between the controlled variable and the desired value. The first correction term can be calculated based on the controlled variable with no influence of the desired value. Thus, a sudden change does not occur in the feedback controlled variable even in a situation where the difference between the controlled variable and the desired value changes step-wise. Besides, the first correction term is a proportional term (51) and the second correction term is an integral term (55). The controlled variable is a rotational speed of the internal-combustion engine (NE) that is detected by a detector for detecting the engine rotational speed.
Abstract:
There is provided a control method for sufficiently compensating the non-linear characteristic for a plant having a strong non-linear characteristic and satisfying the follow-up and stability for a plant having a large control amount fluctuation. There is provided a plant control device using modulation algorithm. The control device includes: means for calculating a temporary control input for controlling the plant output to a target value; means for dividing the temporary control input into a plurality of components; means for modulating at least one of the components; and means for adding the modulated component to another component so as to generate a control input. Thus, it is possible to minimize the input fluctuation caused by modulation while maintaining the compensation ability of the non-linear characteristic such as plant friction and hysteresis attributed to the conventional modulation algorithm. Accordingly, even in a plant in which the temporary control input is greatly changed, it is possible to prevent oscillation of the output, thereby improving the controllability.
Abstract:
There is provided a control system for a plant and an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing controllability and control accuracy in controlling a plurality of control amounts while eliminating a mutual interaction existing between a plurality of control inputs and the control amounts. The control system 1 for the plant 90 in which a mutual interaction exists between TH_cmd and Liftin_cmd as control inputs and PB and Gcyl as control amounts calculates the two control inputs TH_cmd and Liftin_cmd as two non-interacting inputs for causing PB and Gcyl to follow target values PB_cmd and Gcyl_cmd, respectively, the two control inputs TH_cmd and Liftin_cmd eliminating the mutual interaction, with a predetermined algorithm in which a predetermined response-specifying control algorithm (equations (2) to (8)) and a predetermined non-interacting control algorithm (equation (9)) are combined based on a plant model (equation (20)) formed by modeling the plant 90 into a discrete-time system model.
Abstract:
An ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of reducing the capacity of a memory that stores data used in controlling ignition timing, thereby reducing manufacturing costs. An ignition timing control system that controls ignition timing of an internal combustion engine calculates a maximum torque parameter indicative of a maximum torque that the engine can output when the engine is at the detected rotational speed, according to the detected rotational speed, calculates an output torque parameter indicative of an output torque being output from the engine, calculates a torque ratio as a ratio between the output torque parameter and the maximum torque parameter, and determines the ignition timing according to the engine speed and the torque ratio.
Abstract:
A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt≦Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2≦Gin_vt.