Abstract:
In the system of the invention, the NOx trap (1) is associated with catalyst-forming means (2) integrated in an exhaust line (3) of a vehicle engine (4), and the engine is associated with a common manifold or “rail” fuel feeder (7, 8) for feeding it with fuel and adapted, by modifying control parameters for the operation of the engine, to cause the engine to switch between lean mixture (9) and rich mixture (10) operation. According to the invention, the fuel feeder (7, 8) is adapted to define four strategies (11, 12, 13, 14) for controlling lean mixture operation of the engine (9), and to cause the engine to switch between its various strategies in order to keep the trap (1) in a temperature window of maximum effectiveness.
Abstract:
The inventive system comprises means (10) for determining the vehicle running mode, means (11) for determining the mass of elementary carbon exhausted by the engine according said running mode, means (15) for accumulating said elementary masses during the engine operation and obtaining a total mass thereof, means (18) for calculating the volume of ash from engine lubrication oil, means (20) for calculating the volume of ash from engine feed fuel, means (21) for calculating the effective volume of the depollution means on the basis of the total volume of the means thereof as they are new or cleaned, the already calculated volume of ash and means for calculating the degree of soot loading of the depollution means on the basis of the total mass, the effective volume and the maximum density of deposits on the depollution means.
Abstract:
The inventive system for evaluating the charged state of depollution means integrated into the exhaust line of a motor vehicle engine is characterised in that it comprises means (7) for determining a pressure in the depollution means, means (8) for determining the volume gas flowrate upstream said depollution means (10) and means for comparing the depollution means state defined by the thus determined pressure and the volume flowrate with a predetermined diagram (11) of the absent, overcharged and clogged states of the depollution means in order to evaluate the state thereof.
Abstract:
This system in which the depollution means (1) are associated with oxidation catalyst-forming means (2), and the engine (4) is associated with common rail means (7) for feeding it with fuel and adapted to implement the strategy Of regeneration using At least one postinjection of fuel into the cylinders, is characterized in that it comprises detector means (8) for detecting a regeneration request (req.RG), detector means (9) for detecting a state in which the vehicle accelerator pedal is being raised, means (11) for acquiring the temperature downstream from the catalyst-forming means, means (8) for determining, on the basis of this temperature, the maximum duration for applying postinjections during a stage, in which the engine is returning to idling as a result of the accelerator pedal being raised, and cutoff means (7,8) for immediately cutting off postinjection as soon as the duration of postinjection use has reached the maximum duration.
Abstract:
A system in which the depollution means (1) are associated with oxidation catalyst-forming means (2), and the engine (4) is associated with common manifold means (7) for feeding it with fuel, and adapted to implement a regeneration strategy in at least one operation of post-injecting fuel into the cylinders, is characterized in that is comprises: detector means (8) for detecting a regeneration request (req.RG); detector means (9) for detecting a state of the foot being raised on the vehicle accelerator; temperature acquisition means (11) for acquiring the temperature downstream from the catalyst-forming means (2); means (8) for determining a maximum quantity of fuel to be injected in the post-injection operations during the period of returning to idling following the foot being raised, and on the basis of said temperature; and means (7, 8) for immediately interrupting the post-injection operation as soon as the quantity of fuel injecting has reached the maximum quantity.
Abstract:
This system, in which the depollution means (1) are associated with oxidation catalyst-forming means (2), and the engine (4) is associated with common rail means (7) for feeding it with fuel and adapted to implement a regeneration strategy using at least one post-injection of fuel into the cylinders, is characterized in that it includes means (8) for detecting a request (req.RG) for regeneration, means (9, 10) for detecting a state in which the vehicle accelerator pedal is being raised or a stage in which the engine is idling, means (11) for acquiring the temperature downstream from the catalyst-forming means, means (8) responsive to said temperature to determine a maximum duration of post-injection application during stages of idling and during stages of returning to idling as a result of the accelerator pedal being raised, and means (7, 8) for immediately interrupting post-injection if the duration of post-injection utilization reaches the maximum duration during a stage of returning to idling, and/or for progressively reducing post-injection if the utilization duration reaches the maximum duration during a stage of the idling.
Abstract:
In a system for assisting the regeneration of depollution apparatus associated with an oxidation catalyst implementing an OSC function, constituting a supply of oxygen and integrated in an exhaust line of a motor vehicle diesel engine, in which the engine is associated with a common rail for feeding its cylinders with fuel, the running conditions of the vehicle are analyzed and compared with predetermined threshold values, to control the engine in a first regeneration mode of operation with a lean mixture when running conditions are above the threshold values, or in a second regeneration operating mode implementing sequences in which engine operation alternates between stages of rich mixture operation and of lean mixture operation when conditions are below the threshold values.
Abstract:
The inventive system for evaluating the charged state of depollution means integrated into the exhaust line of a motor vehicle engine is characterised in that it comprises means (7) for determining a pressure in the depollution means, means (8) for determining the volume gas flowrate upstream said depollution means (10) and means for comparing the depollution means state defined by the thus determined pressure and the volume flowrate with a predetermined diagram (11) of the absent, overcharged and clogged states of the depollution means in order to evaluate the state thereof.
Abstract:
The inventive system for assisting in the regeneration of depollution means (1) which is integrated in the exhaust means (3) of a diesel engine (4), wherein the engine (4) is associated with a common rail supplying means (7, 8) for injecting fuel into cylinders thereof using at least one post-injection and for carrying out at least two regeneration strategies by isotorque modifying the parameters of the engine operation control, wherein the first regeneration strategy comprises a first level strategy and a second level strategy and the second regeneration strategy comprising the first level strategies and a sequence alternating the second and second over-calibrated level strategies, thereby making it possible to obtain different thermal levels in the line. The inventive system is characterised in that it comprises means (8) for determining the frequency of regenerations of the depollution means and means (8) for comparing said frequency with the threshold values in order to carry out the first regeneration strategy for the frequencies lower than said threshold values or the second strategy for the frequencies greater than the threshold values.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a system for assisting regeneration of pollution management means (1) integrated in an exhaust line (3) of a diesel engine (4), wherein the engine (4) is associated with common ramp means (7) injecting fuel into the cylinders thereof, based on at least one post-injection and adapted to implement, in isocouple, through modification of the engine operation control parameters, at least two strategies called level 1 and level 2 and a second regeneration strategy including level 1 strategies and a sequence alternating level 2 and over-calibrated level 2 strategies, enabling different thermal levels to be achieved in the exhaust line. The invention is characterized in that it comprises means (8) for analyzing the vehicle running conditions and means (8) for comparing same to threshold values, to implement the first regeneration strategy for running conditions higher than the threshold values or the second regeneration strategy for running conditions lower than the threshold values.