摘要:
An exhaust gas cleaning system has two catalysts and three sensors. The target voltage of a second sensor arranged upstream of a downstream catalyst is set according to the output voltage of the second sensor and the output voltage of a third sensor. Thus, even if the output voltage of the second sensor shows a stoichiometric condition and the output voltage of the third sensor shows a rich condition, it is possible to restrict the unnecessary correction of the target voltage and to optimize the cleaning rate of the downstream catalyst. Therefore, it is possible to reduce emission from being impaired by an expected variation in the air-fuel ratio.
摘要:
An emission control system has a catalyst and a sensor responding to a component of exhaust gas. In order to speed warming up the catalyst, the emission control system increases the amount of heat dissipated by exhaust gas. A diagnosis of the emission control system is carried out by determining whether the amount of heat dissipated by exhaust gas is sufficient or insufficient. The amount of heat dissipated by exhaust gas is represented by the length of time to an activated state of the sensor. In the diagnosis, the amount of heat generated by a heater provided in the sensor is taken into consideration.
摘要:
Exhaust gas sensors are provided at the upstream side and the downstream side of a catalyst, respectively. An intermediate target value is set on the basis of the output of the downstream-side exhaust gas sensor of preceding computation time and a final target value that is a final downstream-side target air-fuel ratio. The compensation amount of the upstream-side target air-fuel ratio is calculated on the basis of the deviation between the present output of the downstream-side exhaust gas sensor and the intermediate target value. At least one of an update amount and an update rate of the intermediate value, a control gain, a control period and a control range of a sub-feedback control is varied.
摘要:
Evaporated fuel gas from a canister is introduced into an intake path of an internal combustion engine. A target air-fuel ratio is changed to a value on the fuel rich side during the introduction of purge gas in accordance with the purge gas concentration. This change will restrict the shift of the air-fuel ratio toward the lean side, allowing a catalyst to operate at high purification efficiency even during the introduction of purge gas. The change may be varied in accordance with the volume of the evaporated fuel gas or a ratio of the evaporated fuel gas to the fuel supplied to the engine.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for controlling the air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine that prevents erroneous learning while properly setting a learning frequency to thereby execute highly accurate air-fuel ratio control. Fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank is temporarily adsorbed in a canister via a tank inner pressure-regulating valve, and the adsorbed vapor is discharged to an engine intake system via a purge solenoid valve. A sensor for detecting tank inner pressure is arranged in the fuel tank, and an ECU calculates a feedback correction amount based on an oxygen concentration in exhaust gas and executes air-fuel ratio feedback control by using the feedback correction amount. The ECU prohibits the air-fuel ratio learning value from being updated when the tank inner pressure exceeds a predetermined criterion value based on the tank inner pressure detected by the tank inner pressure sensor.
摘要:
A sensing element of an oxygen sensor is controlled to keep a target impedance for maintaining activation temperature of the oxygen sensor. As the sensing element deteriorates, its internal impedance increases and power supply to a heater for heating the sensing element increases. The oxygen sensor temperature rises excessively above an activation temperature. To restrict excessive temperature rise, the target impedance is altered when the supply power to the heater exceeds a predetermined reference. The target impedance may be increased with increase in the power supply to the heater. Alternatively, the heater supply power is limited to a predetermined maximum for restricting excessive temperature rise.
摘要:
On an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, an A/F sensor is disposed at an upstream side of a three-way catalyst and a downstream side O.sub.2 sensor is disposed on a downstream side thereof. A CPU determines according to an exhaust gas temperature whether the operational state of the engine is in a high load. In an early stage of the engine operation of high load, CPU sets a "rich" side target air-fuel ratio within a range that enables the downstream side O.sub.2 sensor to make linear detection of air-fuel ratio and executes feedback control of air-fuel ratio by using the set target air-fuel ratio. Also, when the level of the load has increased, CPU sets a "rich" side target air-fuel ratio according to the exhaust gas temperature and executes feedback control of air-fuel ratio by using the set target air-fuel ratio. Further, when the "rich" width deviates from a range that enables the A/F sensor to make its detection, CPU performs open-loop control with respect to the increment in fuel.
摘要:
The invention provides a malfunctional detecting apparatus for an assist air control system for internal combustion engines, which is capable of detecting malfunction such as the deterioration of the response of air control valve. A fuel injection valve is provided at downstream side of a throttle valve in an intake passage, and assist air passage is introduced into an injection port of the fuel injection valve. The assist air passage is open or closed by an air control valve which is operated in synchronism with the fuel injection valve. The assist air passage pressure sensor for detecting assist air pressure is provided in the assist air passage. The malfunction of the air control valve is judged based on the assist air pressure immediately after the air control valve is operated.
摘要:
An internal combustion engine in which a purge control valve is provided in a fuel vapor supply passage connecting a canister and an intake pipe of the internal combustion engine, the opening degree of the purge control valve is regulated by a purge flow rate control unit depending on operating condition of the internal combustion engine, and the opening degree of a rotational speed control valve is regulated to adjust an amount of intake air into the internal combustion engine, thereby changing a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine. While the internal combustion engine is idling in such a condition that the air/fuel ratio of a gas mixture supplied to the internal combustion engine is controlled to be held constant and the opening degree of the rotational speed control valve is regulated so that the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine reaches a target value, a controller operates to forcibly change the opening degree of the purge control valve from a first set opening degree to a second set opening degree, and determine the presence or absence of an abnormality in supply of fuel vapor to the intake pipe of the internal combustion engine through the supply passage and the purge control valve based on a change in the opening degree of the rotational speed control valve resulting at that time.
摘要:
An internal combustion engine is provided with a heat-generation chamber disposed so as to be adjacent to a combustion chamber, a heat-generation chamber valve capable of setting up either a communicating state or a shut-down state between the heat-generation chamber and the combustion chamber, and a heat-recovery pipe for recovering heat of a gas guided into the combustion chamber and utilizing the heat as recovered for warm-up. The heat-generation chamber is provided with a heat-generation-chamber spark plug. A catalytic unit is provided between the heat-generation-chamber spark plug and the heat-recovery pipe.