Abstract:
There is provided an air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine installed on an automotive vehicle. The control system controls the air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to the engine to a value leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio immediately after the start of the engine. Operating conditions of the engine and/or operating conditions of the automotive vehicle are detected. Starting of the vehicle is predicted based on the detected operating conditions of the engine and/or the detected operating conditions of the automotive vehicle. The air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the engine is changed to a richer value than the leaner value when the starting of the vehicle is predicted.
Abstract:
A system for controlling fuel metering for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. In the system, a feedback loop having an adaptive controller and an adaptation mechanism coupled to the adaptive controller for estimating controller parameters .theta. is provided. The adaptive controller calculates a feedback correction coefficient using internal variables including the controller parameters .theta., to correct a quantity of fuel injection obtained by retrieving mapped data by engine speed and engine load, to bring a detected air/fuel ratio to a desired air/fuel ratio. The internal variables of the adaptive controller are set such that the feedback correction coefficient is 1.0 or thereabout, when the engine operation has shifted from an open-loop control region to the feedback control region.
Abstract:
A control system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, a purging passage extending between the canister and the intake system, for purging evaporative fuel into the intake system, and a purge control valve for controlling a flow rate of evaporative fuel to be supplied to the intake system through the purging passage. Various sensors detect operating conditions of the engine, and an ECU controls the purge control valve according to detected operating conditions. An amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine is feedback-controlled by calculating a feedback control amount, based on an output from an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged in the exhaust system by using a controller of a recurrence formula type, and the amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine is controlled based on the calculated feedback control amount, such that an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is converged to a desired air-fuel ratio. An average value of the feedback control amount is calculated while the purge control valve is open. The purge control valve is controlled based on the calculated average value.
Abstract:
A fuel metering control system for an internal combustion engine including feedback loop having an adaptive controller and an adaptation mechanism that estimates a controller parameters .theta.. The adaptive controller corrects the quantity of fuel injection to bring a controlled variable at least obtained based on an output of said air/fuel ratio sensor to a desired value. The adaptation mechanism is input with the controlled variable once per prescribed crank angle such as a TDC of a certain cylinder of a four-cylinder engine and estimates the controller parameters (vector) such that the adaptive controller is operated to synchronize with every 4 prescribed crank angle such as every TDC of all cylinders of the internal combustion engine, or with every prescribed crank angle such as every TDC. With the arrangement, the system enables adaptive control of a commercially practical internal combustion engine without degrading control performance.
Abstract:
A fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine calculates an amount of fuel to be injected in a manner carrying out fuel transfer delay-dependent correction based on a delay of transfer of fuel injected from the time the fuel is injected into the intake passage of the engine to the time the fuel is drawn into a corresponding one of an at least one cylinder of the engine, with a predetermined calculating repetition period, and causes fuel injection to be carried out based on a result of the calculation. The amount of fuel to be injected is corrected during execution of the fuel injection based on a newest value of the result of the calculation.
Abstract:
A fuel metering control system for an internal combustion engine, having a feedback loop. In the system, the quantity of fuel injection (Tim) to be supplied to the engine (plant) is determined outside of the feedback loop. A first feedback correction coefficient (KSTR) is calculated using an adaptive law, while a second feedback correction coefficient (KLAF(KSTRL)), whose control response is inferior to the first feedback correction coefficient is calculated, using a PID control law. The feedback correction coefficients are calculated such that the plant output (air/fuel ratio) is brought to a desired (desired air/fuel ratio). A Variable(s) of one coefficients is replaced with a value of the other coefficient such that the one coefficient becomes close to the other. Moreover, the second coefficient (KLAF(KSTRL) is used at a time of returning from open-loop to the feedback control.
Abstract:
A system for controlling fuel metering in an internal combustion engine using a fluid dynamic model and the quantity of throttle-past air is determined therefrom. Based on the observation that the difference between the steady-state engine operating condition and the transient engine operating condition can be described as the difference in the effective throttle opening areas, the quantity of fuel injection is determined from the product of the ratio between the area and its first-order lag value and the quantity of fuel injection under the steady-state engine operating condition obtained by mapped data retrieval, and by subtracting the quantity of correction corresponding to the quantity of chamber-filling air. The effective throttle opening area's first order lag is calculated using a weight that varies with the engine speed, so that elongation or shortening of the TDC interval due to the decrease/increase of the engine speed will not affect the determination of the quantity of fuel injection.
Abstract:
Throttle control system for a vehicular internal combustion engine equipped with a stepper motor connected to a throttle valve provided at an engine air intake passage, wherein the position (the opening degree) of the throttle valve is controlled by the stepper motor in response to the vehicular engine operation. In one embodiment, various throttle positions are once determined including positions for engine idling and vehicle cruising and the largest of the positions is selected for optimally satisfying the whole operating condition. In another embodiment, when the engine is idling, the throttle valve is controlled such that engine speed converges toward a target speed. In the other embodiment, the stepper motor is varied its pulse rate and chopping duty for optimally control the throttle position according to the vehicular engine operation.
Abstract:
A system for purifying exhaust gas generated by an internal combustion engine including a bypass branching out from the exhaust pipe downstream of a catalyst and merging to the exhaust pipe, an adsorber installed in the bypass, a bypass valve member which closes the bypass, and an EGR conduit connected to the bypass at one end and connected to the air intake system for recirculating the exhaust gas to the air intake system. The bypass valve member is opened for a period after engine startup to introduce the exhaust gas such that the adsorber installed in the bypass adsorbs the unburnt HC component in the exhaust gas. The adsorber adsorbs the HC component when the exhaust temperature rises and the adsorbed component is recirculated to the air intake system through the EGR conduit. In the system, the bypass valve is provided at or close to the branching point in the exhaust pipe and a chamber is provided close to the branching point such that the conduit is connected to the bypass at the one end in the chamber. The bypass valve member is combined with an exhaust pipe valve member as a combination valve such that when the bypass valve member closes the bypass, the exhaust pipe valve member opens the exhaust pipe. With the arrangement, the system can effectively prevent the exhaust pipe from being clogged even when a valve for closing a bypass is stuck in the closed position. At the same time, the system can provide a relatively short EGR conduit for recirculating unburnt HC component adsorbed from the adsorber and the adsorption and desorption are conducted optimally.
Abstract:
A state determining apparatus for an exhaust gas recirculation system is provided for appropriately determining the state of an exhaust gas recirculation system including an EGR passage. An exhaust gas recirculation system is arranged in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine including an EGR passage for recirculating a portion of exhaust gases to an intake system in accordance with an operating state of the internal combustion engine. The state determining apparatus comprises a humidity sensor arranged in the EGR passage for detecting a humidity within the EGR passage, and an ECU for determining the state of the exhaust gas recirculation system based on a result detected by the humidity sensor.