摘要:
The invention comprises a method for controlling operation of a homogeneous charge combustion ignition engine operating in an auto-ignition mode. The method comprises determining a desired combustion phasing; and, controlling a mass flowrate of externally recirculated exhaust gas based upon an actual combustion phasing. A closed-loop control scheme is executed to control the mass flowrate of externally recirculated exhaust gas based upon a difference between the actual and the desired combustion phasing.
摘要:
The invention comprises a method for controlling operation of a homogeneous charge combustion ignition engine operating in an auto-ignition mode. The method comprises determining a desired combustion phasing; and, controlling a mass flowrate of externally recirculated exhaust gas based upon an actual combustion phasing. A closed-loop control scheme is executed to control the mass flowrate of externally recirculated exhaust gas based upon a difference between the actual and the desired combustion phasing.
摘要:
An HCCI engine is operated by controlling a plurality of engine operating parameters in accordance with a calibration data set representing equilibrium set-points of engine operation characterized by combustion phasing that is relatively least sensitive to cylinder charge temperature deviations.
摘要:
A four-stroke internal combustion engine is operated in controlled auto-ignition mode by any of a variety of valve control strategies conducive to controlled auto-ignition conditions in conjunction with in-cylinder fuel charges that are at either stoichiometric or lean of stoichiometric air-fuel ratios. A measure of engine NOx emission is provided and when it crosses a predetermined threshold, the in-cylinder fuel charge is transitioned from the operative one of the stoichiometric or lean of stoichiometric air-fuel ratios to the inoperative one of the stoichiometric or lean of stoichiometric air-fuel ratios.
摘要:
An internal combustion engine employs exhaust gas recompression and fuel injection during the recompression as part of an overall homogeneous charge compression ignition control. In-cylinder fuel reformation is estimated using exhaust gas burned gas fractions determined from sensed exhaust gases and models. Models include air actually consumed in in-cylinder fuel combustion and reforming processes and air required to complete in-cylinder combustion reactions of reformed fuel. Reformed fuel is calculated based on the modeled and measured exhaust gas burned gas fractions.
摘要:
A method and system to avoid collision of piston and engine valves is provided. This facilitates use of a fully flexible variable valve actuation system over its operating range, without arbitrary constraints. Included is actuation control of the engine valve, determination of a crank angle at which to initiate engine valve opening, and determination of a desired valve lift, and, duration of valve open time. Opening profile for the engine valve is estimated. A first and a second crank angle are calculated, based upon the estimated opening profile. The crank angle to initiate engine valve opening is determined by adding a safety margin to the second crank angle. The method determines a maximum valve lift, given the duration of valve open time and an engine valve opening crank angle, and a minimum duration of valve open time, given a valve lift and an engine valve opening crank angle.
摘要:
A method and system to avoid collision of piston and engine valves is provided. This facilitates use of a fully flexible variable valve actuation system over its operating range, without arbitrary constraints. Included is actuation control of the engine valve, determination of a crank angle at which to initiate engine valve opening, and determination of a desired valve lift, and, duration of valve open time. Opening profile for the engine valve is estimated. A first and a second crank angle are calculated, based upon the estimated opening profile. The crank angle to initiate engine valve opening is determined by adding a safety margin to the second crank angle. The method determines a maximum valve lift, given the duration of valve open time and an engine valve opening crank angle, and a minimum duration of valve open time, given a valve lift and an engine valve opening crank angle.
摘要:
A method for providing in-vehicle fuel-related information is disclosed. A geographic location of a vehicle is determined. A driving distance remaining for the vehicle is estimated based on a current fuel level and a fuel consumption rate of the vehicle. Fuel providers are located within a search area of the driving distance remaining for the vehicle, and one or more of the fuel providers are output. A travel cost for the vehicle may also be calculated.
摘要:
An improved engine fuel control method which divides the liquid fuel into a plurality of components characterized by relative volatility. The mass and evaporation characteristics of each fuel volatility component are determined separately within the fuel puddle, with the overall puddle behavior being characterized as the sum of the behaviors of the individual volatility components. The method involves determining, for each engine cycle, the mass of fuel that will evaporate from the puddle, the mass of vapor required to achieve the desired air/fuel ratio for the engine cylinder, the fraction of the injected fuel that will vaporize, and the mass of fuel that needs to be injected in order to achieve the desired air/fuel ratio in the cylinder. Finally, the puddle mass is updated for the next intake event. In a preferred implementation, the liquid fuel is divided into first, second and third components respectively characterized by high, medium and low volatility, and the volatility is inferred based on a measure of the fired-to-motored cylinder pressure ratio.
摘要:
An improved engine control in which the fuel volatility is detected based on a measure of the fired-to-motored cylinder pressure ratio, and used to trim fuel and spark timing controls during engine warm-up and transient fueling periods. In a first embodiment, a matrix of empirically determined pressure ratio values that occur with fuels of differing volatility is stored and compared to the measured pressure ratio to identify the closest stored pressure ratio, and the fuel volatility is determined based on the fuel volatility associated with the identified pressure ratio. In a second embodiment, the actual fuel vapor-to-air equivalence ratio is computed based on the measured pressure ratio, and the fuel volatility is determined based on the deviation between the actual ratio and the desired fuel vapor-to-air equivalence ratio.