摘要:
A catalyst for internal combustion engine exhaust purification without frequently switching to a rich burn mode. The catalyst includes a catalyst A containing an NOx absorbing substance and an NOx reducing catalyst, a catalyst B containing a hydrogen adsorption substance and a hydrogen oxidizing catalyst, an electron conductive substance C, and an ion conductive substance D. Electrons move between the catalyst A and the catalyst B through the electron conductive substance C, ions move through the ion conductive substance D, and an electrochemical reducing reaction and an electrochemical oxidizing reaction respectively occur on the catalyst A and on the catalyst B. Therefore, it is possible to quickly reduce the adsorbed NOx using the adsorbed hydrogen without depending on the atmosphere.
摘要:
A device for purifying exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine which provides improved purifying efficiency even in a lean operating condition without deteriorating the fuel efficiency. The device includes an electrochemical catalyst 5 installed in the exhaust system 3 of the internal combustion engine 1, the electro chemical catalyst 5 containing an electron conducting substance and an ion conducting substance, the oxidizing reaction and the reducing reaction being promoted by the conduction of ions and electrons, thereby to electrochemically purify the exhaust gas G in the exhaust system.
摘要:
A control device for a vehicular engine having an automatic transmission comprising: an inner cylinder pressure sensor for detecting a pressure in a combustion chamber of an engine; means for detecting an output of the inner cylinder pressure sensor at a predetermined crank angle; means for calculating an output torque of the engine based on the detected output of the inner cylinder pressure sensor; means for detecting a rotation speed of an engine; means for detecting a rotation speed of an output shaft of a torque convertor; means for calculating a speed ratio of the rotation speed of the output shaft of the torque converter as compared to the rotation speed of the engine; means for calculating a torque of an output shaft of an automatic transmission based on the output torque of the engine, the rotation speed of the engine, the rotation speed of the output shaft of the torque converter and the speed ratio; and control means for controlling at least one of the output torque of the engine and a hydraulic pressure of the automatic transmission such that the torque of the output shaft of the automatic transmission conforms to a target torque.
摘要:
A method for deciding the combustion state of each cylinder on the basis of an ion current signal generated between gaps of an ignition plug in an internal combustion engine, and a fuel control system which reduces a fuel injection quantity while suppressing the combustion change of each cylinder and reduces a non-combustion composition in an engine exhaust gas after starting of engine. The fuel control system for an internal combustion engine comprises: cylinder-individual fuel injection quantity correcting means 45, 46 for correcting the fuel quantity injecting quantity in each cylinder so that the sum of fuel injection quantities to be supplied to the cylinders of the internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders decreases in each combustion cycle of each said cylinder and a difference between the combustion state value of the first cylinder of the internal combustion engine and that of the second cylinder thereof decreases; and fuel injecting means 20 for injecting into each cylinder the fuel injection quantity for each cylinder of said internal combustion engine corrected by said fuel injection quantity correcting means for each cylinder.
摘要:
An internal combustion engine control system comprises a pressure sensor for detecting pressure within an engine cylinder of an internal combustion engine, a crank angle sensor for detecting an engine cylinder identification number and a crank angle in synchronism with rotation of the engine, an intake air flow sensor disposed within an air intake pipe of the engine for detecting an intake air flow, and an exhaust gas recirculation flow control apparatus for controlling electrically a flow of exhaust gas of the engine recirculated to the engine by determining difference in the pressure within the engine cylinder between predetermined crank angles during a compression stroke of the engine on the basis of output signal of the pressure sensor, determining a first engine charging efficiency on the basis of the outputs of the crank angle sensor and the pressure difference, converting the intake air flow derived from the output of the intake air flow sensor to a second engine charging efficiency on the basis of the output of the crank angle sensor and by determining an exhaust gas recirculation ratio on the basis of the first and second engine charging efficiencies. The exhaust gas recirculation as well as control thereof is realized by an electronic programmable engine control unit.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide an engine control device and an engine control method which can detect air quantities charged into the cylinders of the engine without delay, and the fuel injection quantity and ignition timing of the engine can be controlled with high accuracy. According to the present invention, when an engine is in steady state, charging efficiency calculating means calculates a fundamental charging efficiency for the suction air quantity of the engine from the difference between cylinder pressures which are detected in synchronization with two predetermined crank angles on the compression stroke, cylinder pressure sensors measure at least one cylinder pressure in synchronization with a crank angle on a suction stroke, averaging means averages cylinder pressures measured on the suction stroke, to provide an average value, correcting charging efficiency calculating means calculates a correcting charging efficiency from the variation in the variation of the average value averaging means in a predetermined period of time, and when the variation is equal to or larger a predetermined value, control means operates to correct the fuel injection quantity and ignition timing of the engine according to the value which is obtained by adding the correcting charging efficiency to the fundamental charging efficiency. The fuel injection quantity, the air/fuel ratio, and the ignition timing of the engine can be controlled with high accuracy.
摘要:
A combustion control system includes a waveform shaping device for producing an ON signal from an ion current detected value, a down timing detecting device for detecting down timings of the ON signal, an operating device for converting the down timings into times elapsing from a reference crank angle, mask time section setting device for setting a mask time section corresponding to a combustion period in accordance with a running condition of the internal combustion engine, a selecting device for selecting at least one of said down times detected within the mask section, and a determining device for determining a combustion parameter of said internal combustion engine in accordance with the combustion ending time, whereby the combustion state of each cylinder is detected from the combustion ending time detected by the mask time section to determine the combustion parameter so as to suppress a combustion change. In this configuration, by operating a small quantity of data, an inexpensive and accurate combustion control system for an internal combustion engine can be obtained.
摘要:
A secondary air control apparatus constituted by an exhaust gas purifier 32 of an engine 21, a feed quantity control valve 29 for feeding secondary air, a secondary air heating device 31, and a controller 35 for controlling the feed quantity of secondary air and the secondary air heating device 31. The quantity of secondary air to be fed is set in accordance with the operation conditions of an engine, and the secondary air to be fed is modulated in quantity and heated, so that it is possible to utilize the purifying effect of a catalyst efficiently.
摘要:
An engine control device comprises: crank angle sensor provided for the cylinders of an engine; cylinder internal pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressures of the cylinders according to the output signals of the crank angle sensor; pressure normalizing unit for normalizing the cylinder internal pressures thus detected, according to the cylinder internal pressure which is obtained when the engine is in standard state; engine speed detector; charge efficiency calculating unit for calculating the charge efficiencies of the cylinders by using the output signals of the pressure normalizing unit and the engine speed detector; operating condition detecting unit for detecting the outputs of the pressure normalizing unit and the engine speed detector as operating conditions, calculation control unit for calculating the air/fuel ratio and the ignition timing of each cylinder according to the operating conditions; and adjusting unit for adjusting the air/fuel ratios and ignition timing of the cylinders according to the output of the calculation control unit, thereby to control the air/fuel ratios and ignition timing of the cylinders with high accuracy.
摘要:
A method for deciding the combustion state of each cylinder on the basis of an ion current signal generated between gaps of an ignition plug in an internal combustion engine, and a fuel control system which reduces a fuel injection quantity while suppressing the combustion change of each cylinder and reduces a non-combustion composition in an engine exhaust gas after starting of engine. The fuel control system for an internal combustion engine comprises: cylinder-individual fuel injection quantity correcting means 45, 46 for correcting the fuel quantity injecting quantity in each cylinder so that the sum of fuel injection quantities to be supplied to the cylinders of the internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders decreases in each combustion cycle of each said cylinder and a difference between the combustion state value of the first cylinder of the internal combustion engine and that of the second cylinder thereof decreases; and fuel injecting means 20 for injecting into each cylinder the fuel injection quantity for each cylinder of said internal combustion engine corrected by said fuel injection quantity correcting means for each cylinder.