摘要:
A method of detecting deterioration of an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor for use in controlling an air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine having an exhaust system in which the sensor is arranged. The sensor has an output characteristic approximately proportional to concentration of a specific ingredient in exhaust gases emitted from the engine. The air-fuel ratio is feedback-controlled to a desired air-fuel ratio by calculating an amount of fuel supplied to the engine by the use of a desired air-fuel ratio coefficient indicative of the desired air-fuel ratio and set in dependence on operating conditions of the engine, and an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient set in dependence on a value of an output from the sensor and the desired air-fuel ratio coefficient. A plurality of average values of the air-fuel ratio correction coefficient are calculated, respectively, when the desired air-fuel ratio falls within a plurality of predetermined ranges. The average values thus calculated are compared with each other. A degree of deterioration of the sensor is determined from results of the comparison. Further, a method of feedback-controlling the air-fuel ratio in the above-mentioned manner, in which the value of the output from the sensor is corrected in response to the degree of deterioration thus determined.
摘要:
A method of feedback-controlling the air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine to a desired air-fuel ratio which is set to a value leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, by the use of output from an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor, depending upon operating conditions of the engine, the desired air-fuel ratio being set to a leaner value as the transmission of the engine is set to a smaller reduction ratio. A reduction ratio to which the transmission has been set is detected. The travelling speed of a vehicle on which the engine is installed is detected. The desired air-fuel ratio is set to a richer value as the travelling speed of the vehicle is lower, insofar as the transmission is set to the same reduction ratio.
摘要:
According to an air-fuel ratio control method, an amount of fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine is calculated by the use of an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient set according to an output from an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor. An average value of the air-fuel ratio correction coefficient is calculated. When a difference between an actual value of opening of an exhaust gas recirculation control valve and a desired value of same set in response to operating conditions of the engine is larger than a predetermined value, the calculation of the average value of the air-fuel ratio correction coefficient is inhibited, or alternatively, an averaging rate in the calculation of the average value is decreased.
摘要:
An air-fuel ratio control method for an internal combustion engine. The air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is feedback-controlled to a desired air-fuel ratio dependent on operating conditions of the engine. When a transmission is being shifted or before a predetermined time period elapses after the shifting, the desired air-fuel ratio is held at a value assumed immediately before the shifting of the transmission. In another form of the invention, when the transmission is being shifted, or when the operating characteristics of at least one set of a set of intake valves and a set of exhaust valves have been not changed before the predetermined time period elapses after the shifting of the transmission, the desired air-fuel ratio is held at a value assumed before the shifting of the transmission.
摘要:
An air-fuel ratio control method for an internal combustion engine. The air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is feedback-controlled to a desired air-fuel ratio depending on operating conditions of the engine in response to output from an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor. The desired air-fuel ratio is settable to a value leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when the temperature of the engine is above a predetermined reference value. The method comprises the steps of detecting a reduction ratio to which the transmission has been set, and changing the predetermined reference value of the temperature of the engine depending on the detected reduction ratio. The predetermined reference value of the temperature of the engine is set to a lower value as the reduction ratio of the transmission is smaller.
摘要:
An air-fuel ratio feedback control method for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor arranged in the exhaust passage and having output characteristics in approximate proportion to the concentration of an ingredient in exhaust gases from the engine, wherein when the engine is in a predetermined operating condition, the air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is feedback-controlled to a desired air-fuel ratio dependent on the predetermined operating condition of the engine, and when the engine is in a predetermined deceleration condition, the fuel supply to the engine is cut off. When the engine has shifted from an operating condition other than the predetermined deceleration condition to the predetermined deceleration condition, the desired air-fuel ratio is held at a value assumed immediately before the engine shifts from the operating condition other than the predetermined deceleration condition to the predetermined deceleration condition, for a predetermined time period after the shifting. The feedback control of the air-fuel ratio is started with the held value as an initial value of the desired air-fuel ratio when the engine has shifted to the predetermined operating condition. Preferably, the desired air-fuel ratio is held at a value substantially corresponding to a central value of air-fuel ratio after the predetermined time period has elapsed.
摘要:
An air-fuel ratio control method for an internal combustion engine, in which the air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to the engine is feedback-controlled to a desired air-fuel ratio in response to output from an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor. When the engine is in a predetermined accelerating condition, fuel supply to the engine is increased. The rate of correction of the air-fuel ratio of the mixture by the feedback control is set to a smaller value when the engine is in the predetermined accelerating condition, than values to be set when the engine is in other operating conditions.
摘要:
A system for controlling an air/fuel ratio for an internal combustion engine, using an oxygen concentration sensor having a first chamber for introducing therein exhaust gas of the engine and a second chamber for introducing therein reference ambient air to detect oxygen content in the exhaust gas. In order to eliminate exhaust gas pulsation which could affect on detection accuracy, it is firstly determined if engine operation is in a transient state or in a normal state. Then the detected oxygen concentration value in the preceding cycle is added to the product obtained by multiplying the deviation between the values in the preceding and current cycles by a coefficient .alpha.. The coefficient is made different in the transient state and in the normal state. In the normal engine operation state, the coefficient .alpha. is determined from engine speed and load.
摘要:
A system for determining an oxygen concentration sensor deterioration caused when foreign particles has clogged at a slit for introducing exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine to block the same. Since it is found by the inventors that sensor output fluctuates greatly between its maximum and minimum values in a TDC interval as the clogging increases, the deviation between the maximum and minimum is first calculated. The calculated deviation is then compared with a reference value and if it exceeds the reference value, the sensor is presumed to deteriorate. The reference value is varied on engine speed, engine load, or an air/fuel ratio of the engine.
摘要:
An air-fuel ratio control method for an internal combustion engine. An amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine is calculated in response to operating conditions of the engine and output from an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor, to thereby feedback-control the air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to the engine to a desired air-fuel ratio. The method comprises the steps of (1) calculating a fuel cooling correction value for compensating for a change in an actual air-fuel ratio caused by cooling effects of actually-injected fuel, according to at least one parameter which can determine the amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine, and (2) calculating the amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine by the use of the fuel cooling correction value.