Abstract:
During a standstill, a prescribed rotation speed N3, which is lower than a prescribed rotation speed N2 used during a travel at a low vehicle speed, is set as a minimum rotation speed Nemin (S410), and when a demand for an idle operation has been made (S490), the minimum rotation speed Nemin is set as a target rotation speed Ne* and the value 0 is set as a target torque Te* (S500), whereby an engine is controlled. As a result of this, it is possible to improve the fuel consumption of a vehicle when the engine is operated at idle at standstill compared to a case where the engine is operated at idle at the minimum rotation speed Nemin for which the prescribed rotation speed N2 is set regardless of whether or not the vehicle is at a standstill.
Abstract:
During a standstill, a prescribed rotation speed N3, which is lower than a prescribed rotation speed N2 used during a travel at a low vehicle speed, is set as a minimum rotation speed Nemin (S410), and when a demand for an idle operation has been made (S490), the minimum rotation speed Nemin is set as a target rotation speed Ne* and the value 0 is set as a target torque Te* (S500), whereby an engine is controlled. As a result of this, it is possible to improve the fuel consumption of a vehicle when the engine is operated at idle at standstill compared to a case where the engine is operated at idle at the minimum rotation speed Nemin for which the prescribed rotation speed N2 is set regardless of whether or not the vehicle is at a standstill.
Abstract:
In a hybrid vehicle according to the invention, upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition with regard to a gearshift position or a drive mode, a virtual gearshift position according to a driving condition is set to a tentative target gearshift position SPtmp (steps S471 and S472). An object gearshift position SP* is set based on the tentative target gearshift position SPtmp and a boundary value Srt to have a gentle change with a variation of smaller than 1 (step S473). A torque demand Tr* and a target rotation speed Ne* of an engine corresponding to the object gearshift position SP* are then set based on tentative torque demands Tra and Trb and tentative rotation speeds Nea and Neb in correlation to virtual gearshift positions immediately below and immediately above the object gearshift position SP* (steps S474 to S476)
Abstract:
In a hybrid vehicle according to the invention, upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition with regard to a gearshift position or a drive mode, a virtual gearshift position according to a driving condition is set to a tentative target gearshift position SPtmp (steps S471 and S472). An object gearshift position SP* is set based on the tentative target gearshift position SPtmp and a boundary value Srt to have a gentle change with a variation of smaller than 1 (step S473). A torque demand Tr* and a target rotation speed Ne* of an engine corresponding to the object gearshift position SP* are then set based on tentative torque demands Tra and Trb and tentative rotation speeds Nea and Neb in correlation to virtual gearshift positions immediately below and immediately above the object gearshift position SP* (steps S474 to S476)
Abstract:
An apparatus is used for diagnosing the temperature state of a catalyst converter. The catalyst converter includes a catalyst for cleaning an emission, and a conductive carrier for carrying the catalyst. The conductive carrier is energized for temperature rise of the catalyst, and the conductive carrier has a characteristic in which resistance drops with temperature increase. In the apparatus, a first obtaining unit obtains a first parameter having a first correlation with supply power to the conductive carrier for energization of the conductive carrier. A second obtaining unit obtains a second parameter having a second correlation with a temperature of the conductive carrier. A diagnosing unit diagnoses the temperature state of the conductive carrier based on a comparison between the first parameter and the second parameter.
Abstract:
In an emission control system, an absorbent in exhaust-emission passage absorbs a particular component in the emission with a temperature thereof being lower than a first temperature, and desorbs therefrom the absorbed particular component with the temperature thereof being equal to or higher than the first temperature. A catalyst in the exhaust-emission passage converts the particular component desorbed from the absorbent into another component with a temperature thereof being equal to or higher than a second temperature higher than the first temperature. A heat recovery device is disposed in the exhaust-emission passage upstream of the absorbent and recovers heat from the exhaust emission by heat exchange between a heat-transfer medium and the exhaust emission. An adjusting unit adjusts an amount of heat to be recovered by the heat recovery device to thereby adjust a temperature state of the exhaust emission.
Abstract:
A catalyst is provided in an exhaust passage of an engine and an evaporating section of a heat recovery device is provided upstream of the catalyst in the exhaust passage. An ECU performs an operation for compulsorily oscillating an air-fuel ratio between a lean state and a rich state as compared to a theoretical air-fuel ratio when temperature of the catalyst reaches temperature at which the catalyst has a predetermined purification capacity after the engine is started. The ECU restricts a flow of a working fluid in the heat recovery device until the temperature of the catalyst reaches the temperature at which the catalyst has the predetermined purification capacity after the engine is started.
Abstract:
An air-fuel ratio sensor monitor is provided which is designed to monitor reactive characteristics or response rates of an air-fuel ratio sensor when an air-fuel ratio of a mixture to an internal combustion engine is changing to a rich side and to a lean side. The monitored response rates are used in determining whether the sensor is failing or not, in determining the air-fuel ratio of the mixture accurately, or in air-fuel ratio control of the engine.
Abstract:
An air-fuel ratio sensor detects an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas at a confluent portion of an exhaust gas. An air-fuel ratios in each cylinder are estimated to be controlled based on an output of the air-fuel ratio sensor. A computer determines whether an air-fuel detecting timing deviates according to a dispersion of the estimated air-fuel ratio among cylinders. When the deviation is detected, the air-fuel ratio detecting timing is varied to estimate an air-fuel ratio before and after correcting amount of fuel. The air-fuel ratio detecting timing is adapted as a proper timing when the variation amount of the estimated air-fuel ratio before and after the correction of fuel amount corresponds to the correct amount of fuel.
Abstract:
An air-fuel ratio deviation calculated by an air-fuel ratio deviation calculation part is inputted to a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation part. A cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio is estimated in the cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation part. In the cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation part, attention is paid to gas exchange in an exhaust collective part of an exhaust manifold, and a model is created. In this model, a detection value of an A/F sensor is obtained by multiplying histories of the cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of an inflow gas in the exhaust collective part and histories of the detection value of the A/F sensor by specified weights respectively and by adding them. The cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio is estimated on the basis of the model.